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MEMOIRS 


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SIE  W.  EDWARD  PARRY,  P 


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VniB  MIMOIR  Of  ▲  NATAL  OVPIOIR 

II  saozoATao. 
WITH   MUCH    BI8PB0T, 


AUTHOB. 


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NOTE  TO  THE  PRESENT  EDITION. 


Tra  b  » lltonl  reprint  from  tb«  Englfah  O0|>7. 

With  rwpcot  to  certain  amuMmtntai  onployed  bj  Sir  Eowau 
Pabbt,  to  rwdw  more  toleralrie  an  Aretio  nigitt  of  five  monthe, 
OT  fcr  elerating  the  debeaed  aettlwa  of  Aoatralia,  aome  0*7 
doabt  whether  hia  Ohriatian  Judgment  waa  the  wiaeat  under  the 
ciroumatanoea.  Of  hia  apirit  and  purpoae  there  ia  no  room  foi 
dimbt  Aa  a  biography  of  a  Chriatian  laTman  it  will  be  founrf 
'4?  unaurpaaaed  intereat  In  the  whole  range  of  aueh  biegraphj 
>n  dir  not  remember  to  have  met  with  any  dianeter,  azhibitinf 
to  the  aaoM  extent  the  power  and  attraotireneaa  of  Chriatianity 
OD  ao  manymnd  widely  diflimnt  fleUa  of  weald^  oooapatlon. 

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PREFACE. 


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Im  kdding  uothar  to  tb«  numtroua  blognpbiM  whieh  an 
•ioMwt  nonthlj  iMuing  tfoo.  Um  pms,  I  hvn  bcw  Indttowl  to 
hop*  that  the  Mtmoir  of  Sir  Eowabo  PABir  may  noi  b*  withoat 
iU  pwuUw  Intorwt,  m  the  life  of  om  whoM  iiMa«  hat  long  bMO 
b«lbn  the  publk,  not  ooly  m  tha  ■uocMdbl  plooaw  of  Aietla 
antarprlM,  or  aa  boldiog  important  Oortnunant  appointflMnti, 
but  alio  aa  tha  conitant  and  lealoua  promotor  of  tha  walfltfa  of 
hia  fiUow-nan. 

Thoa*  who  woro  pwrMwaUj  aoquaintad  with  tha  lohtaei  of 
thia  momoir,  eithar  in  tha  oouna  of  hia  pnbUe  earMr,  or  mora 
partieubrif  in  hia  printo  lilb,  will,  it  la  hopad,  bo  tntwaatad  in 
tracing  tha  droumataneaa  which  lad  to  tha  twmation  and  doral- 
opnant  of  a  eharaetar  thaj  may  ham  baw  lad  to  ,iJuir<  or  to 
lora.  , 

In  dadkating  thia  volonM  to  aMaw,  U  ia  mj  Mmaal  dMiro 
that  thooa  of  that  prolhiaion  into  whoao  handa  it  oaj  Idl  nay 
And  baaaflt  and  oneooragMnaDt  in  tha  Uilory  of  a  naval  flOew. 
whoaa  flrat  endaavor  waa  to  "aarra  God  in  hia  own  gwontiaa," 
and  to  "adorn  tha  dootrina  of  Ood  hia  SaTioor  in  all  tfaingh 
Of  hia  nntwaring  audaty  to  prooMto  tha  highMl  w«IAm,  of  tha 
a«Hoa,  to  which  ha  avar  Mt  H  aa  honor  to  balo^, 
pioar  win  ba  fcand  fai  tha  Ibllowing  pag«k 


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VMfAOl. 


II  Mkf  b«  OMugilt  hf  MM,  ihat  earteln  portloiM  of  Sir  Kd- 
wmd  Parry's  U*  lwv«  bMO  pMMd  o? tr  In  loo  rapi<l  mmI  curMry 
«  awuMr.  Ir  «U  mMih  cmm,  lh«  oIOmI  Hm  b««B  to  mMiUon 
<ml7  raeb  dfcaoMUiMM  m  mtto  to  maintoln  tho  Ihrwul  of  th« 
BwrttiTt,  or  to  Mhlbtt  tho  omIii  teturM  of  hlo  elMfMlMr.  ■• 
Ulottntlod  in  btton  or  othorwiM. 

Id  ooaoliMkw,  I  tako  thto  opfMrtunitjr  of  hotfUl/  tluakliif  M 
(hoM  Und  IHmi^  who  h«f«  «oatrth«itod  mOoriitl  (br  thia  Mf 
molr,  M  woU  M  thoM  to  whoM  tdrUm  mA  JudfOMnt,  in  pr«p«r* 
log  11  te  tho  prMi,  I  M  BVMirUridy  kmUbtod. 

E  P. 

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CONTENTS. 


OBAfTIII  I. 


B'fth  and  PawntH*    OMWIii**    Mwl  lM>-'*Tm»  <•  FmW 
— AMMkMNl  to  IIoiii»^ltoHy  Itollgtoiw  OhwMtoi    fim  ■••• 

MMfa  OMuiiirig*»  M 


OlAPTIft  II. 

J«tna  llM  "AkuMMk*^— DmM  QttdvBMli-Mw  ! 
■oBiod  Oiritw    l»r'''»««M«>  *•  **IA  B«f«^''Mk4  Tograi* 
to  WiM*h»— INt<  ^>  I  ■  im  ■■  f  tWt  ■!»■>  nii»iMilniifc»l^-. 
••U  H<rto"~I»iMl   ftwtowdM   lOiiWM  Hum    >w<>»l 
MMl  to  tiM  "AtoiMfiir^MidwBei^ 

OHArtlK  III, 
Briar  BkHoki  «r  Araiie  MMwray  pNvtoMir  to  1IM-4A  ii  «• 


I. 


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OHAPfim  IT. 

IMI. 

Tht  ^Itexudir"  AtMl  oat  tM  D^ptMU-IUot  WmMOn-SiHr 
Inc  of  tlw  IzpaditioB  vote  Bow   BifflnHi 
Bomd  aad  OMnr  lIoantiUi»-B«tam  to  lai^HiA-FWiy  •»• 
yoiBttdtotlioo(MiMBAor»Mwlzp«dMoa,        .        .        .    tO 

OHAPTIB  7. 

181»— ItlOi 

FMiT^  flnt  ToyNI»-"H«)b »  and  "Ch^w" 
OMtw  BoaaA-"  WMtwu<;  Hoi  "—Wlntir  a*  MoItOIo  UUnd— 
Botom   Homo  — Pwowttott  to  Oonwiwiidir  —  limtow    of 
*IK«»«^ " 


I    >!.M. •>.•■; 


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ii££^ 


OHAPTIB  TZ. 

1891— ISM. 

■ooqadTografO— "^BT^md  '*Haaio"-^olm 
B19— lint  Wiutar  at  ITiaUK  Uud— : 
DlwOTwr  oC  tbo  8tnitcrftt7MDA 
I^oolBtoBatiim  to 


VhM  mA  LMtTflfi«o  Ibv  tlM  DtMoraif  of  *  iraiflk*W«at 
aifo— WiBtar  ok  Pert  Bowoa— Itetamdo— Xioa  of  tlw 

"Put"— ^*Bodo"  ntoiM 


/ 


■■'IPSwfwyf^pi^'PW!' 


connoBtn, 


IfaH-BaU- 


OHAPTIB  Till. 

ISM— ina. 


riM 


iBloiwI  fai  lUligiow  BoBirtlw  Appototowtt  w  tiM  OomMod 
of  aa  Bxpadttkic  ftNT  th*  parpoM  of  atlMBpUiv  toiwdi  Um 
North  Fol*-llHri>fc«-«tiUncortlM  lxp«Utli»-JnM''BMl»'' 

<  bft  at  SplUb«rgon— Bom  Md  8Mig*  Joim^  to  «>>•  >«*tt>^ 
waid— Batara  to  the  "Hook"— HoB»«n»4  Vofigt— Bhort 
TkMlroatlwOaaUiMnW4)a«thorhtolldiOkOhUd,  .  Itt 


ugh  Ian* 


OHAPTIR  IX. 


r  or  A*  Awlnltea  Afrindtanl  Oow 
pHV— Hoooniy  Dogno  at  adM— Tojago  to  SydMgHUk 
■t  Port  BtophnM— InpraroiMMa  •Obotod  In  tho  Oalo«j^-aii> 
ooirioMintotholBtefkir-XotiMC'aDoMlt— BaIUinfor»OhniA 
M8lraiid~VH«w«aSMnMaMb«fIagtaa--BitanitoKn^n^  SM 


OHAPTIB  Z. 
ISM^lSMl 


FoonXawOoi 


■Om^wi 


>   DHrthoToldM* 


loT  OAw  of  PM^IiMP 
M  OoutHnOm  of  StoMB  lU* 
t  or  To««Mt  ObOd-AoMd  T.  rjqri^DMrth 
orKa^PMrr-^PMHtriOhMMtaroraod/*  .  SM 


■  of  llw 


tit 


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OHAPTIB  ZI. 
IMI— IMB. 
Dmo^  ]URi«»-<ModoiiMi  flwaV-^Baiiwwi  to  HinjilMa 


"^^-II 


iiiiiiiilil 


imiiii 


ii 


■iHglw  OlMwetw   Vtoiw  «•  Mm  laqpotiMM*  «r  Fmyai^ 

IIwbwTi    lUdgn>rtoDMditMMri^yiBdiuitolt--D«t»wa> 
tlMlAididiir-''Br«ta"aaA~ViiNr*^MIar»Mn»nuik'  f 

lb, .     .     .     .m 

I 
OHAPTim  ZIX. 

UO-ltNi 
BMH ** 

OHAPTIB  ZIXI. 

isn-iiH. 

BdM  lMl|MaM~CkMa«Wi<~XiMtan  •! 

^  niBw    T'rt*  ^ 


■«h4i^M 


Kitiiifitritiiitiir'-*''    ■•  "-'.--^'■-^"■^' 


>Jini>inniiiu.ii..i.ii1iirtt  iiiTiiiiUtitt 


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KEMOIRS  OF  SIR  V.  E.  PARRY. 


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CHAPTJBB  I^. 

CIrth  «Bd  Pumlag«-4)hOdhood-8aiiool  Vk-»Ym  d*  ViM^ 
AUHdbmM^Vttmt   gw^y M^kwi Clh«wwtir--TlHt Baa l%li> 
"TlrBwM'^-HiFriM'^yaiigiMrt'WJDHaiih  OmPmH   Bammtkm 
widBtBly   >»ii^ytrtfcmfMii>ia~Ili«»i«l«fiOfWlMlw 

17»a-181«L  f  r 

'  %lLtEAX  BotriBD  Pabbt,  irarth  mh  of  Dr.  Okleb 
flSUitt  Pany,  tnd  Sainh,  his  wilb^  im  bom  at  Batli, 
Beoember  19«h,  1790.  Hli  fliOier  wm  a  pbjrioiaa  of 
ooQiidenkl^  odabrifj,  and  the  wUhor  of  iniliM9NnM 
wtHingi  oa  profbiiiond  nd  o4her  nientifia  ml^eoli. 
W»  moUier  waa  the  dtn^iet  of  John  Ifigbj/Bii., 
of  laneaatar,  and  the  grand-dmi^ter  of  Dr.  Tigrlin:  of 
Horwieh,  iraQ  knowii  a«  a  Bsbrair  aobolar,  and  tiw 
trritar  of  aeveral  ihaologioal  trorica.  It  ia  neacQaaa  to 
titw  bade  tha  pedigraa  AutiMr;  but  "SHae-qf  tbe 
;£p|j«kB«|jd,*'*iriioaeninw  alaiidi  owr  tha  «MM  of 
liliM^,  lirwBoimfli^  anoaator  ftr  oMwb»«tt> 
^^iiiiiiiia'^MrfliiroMvr''o#iui  old  awiVinir  aiMl'wlin 

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adopted  for  his  watchword  in  life  their  other  brief  but 
expressive  motto—"  trt."  .    j  ., 

Edward,  as  the  boy  was  always  called,  received  the 
first  rudiments  of  education  in  the  Grammar  School  of 
Bath,  under  tlw  tuiUon  of  Dr.  Morgan,  then  head 
master.    That  ho  did  rot,  even  at  an  early  age,  neglect 
the  opportunities  of  improvement  there  afforded,  may 
be  inferred  from  his  knowledge  of  the  Latin  and  Greek 
languageg,  which  was  by  no  means  contemptible,  and 
which  must  have  been,  for  the  most  part,  acquired  be- 
fow  leaving  school;  for,  though  he  continued  the  pe- 
rusal  of  classical  authors  afterwards,  it  was  apparently 
only  to  a  limited  extent,  the  chief  portion  of  his  time 
being  then  devoted  to  mathematics,  and  other  branches 
of  study  more  immediately  connected  with  the  naval 

profession.  ,  .  , 

For  the  history  of  his  boyish  years  wearemauay 
dependent  on  the  recollections  of  his  youngest  and  only 
surviving  sister.    "  He  was,"  she  say.^  "  a  very  fo^ 
waid  child,  and  showed  great  aptitude  in  aoquinng  aad 
retaining  knowledge.   His  love  of  music,  and  excdlent 
ear  Ibi?  time  and  tune,  wei«  also  early  mamfested.    I 
have  heard  his  mother  say,  that,  at  four  years  old,  he 
would  catch  any  air  after  once  hearing  xt,  and  that  he 
would  sing  'Bule  Britannia '  with  aU  the  spirit  and 
energy  of  a  man."    When  he  was  five  years  old,  bong 
taken  by  his  parents  to  pay  a  visit  to  a  lady  of  th«r 
acquaintance,  and  allowed  to  run  about  the  house  m 
searoh  of  amusement,  he  was  shortly  diacofwed  alone 
in  the  library,  astride  on  a  large  globe.    "  Wtot,  Ed- 
ward 1"  exclaimed  his  kind  hostess,  "  are  you  ndmg  on 
the  globe?"    "Ohl  yes,"  replied  the  delighted  boy, 
with  glistening  eyes  and  upraised  arms,  "Juwl  should 


.^^■^— >«».■«■<' ^^aw-fii^ij'n  I  M'll* 


mmm 


r  brief  but 

aoeived  the 
•  School  of 
then  head 
ige,  neglect 
i)rded,  may 
and  Greek 
iptible,  and 
cquired  be- 
icd  the  pe- 
apparently 
of  his  time 
ler  branches 
I  the  naval 

I  are  mainly 
est  and  only 
'  a  very  for* 
quiring  aad 
nd  excdlent 
mifested.  I 
rears  old,  he 
and  that  he 
e  spirit  and 
rs  old,  being 
lady  of  their 
the  house  in 
qjrered  alone 
<«  What,  Ed- 
founding  on 
slighted  boy, 
hour  I  shoidd 


SIB   W.  ■.  PABRT. 


U 


like  to  go  r^und  it  I"    Almost  prophetic  words,  and 
never  forgotten  by  those  who  then  heard  them. 

He  is  represented  as  enjoying  great  popularity  among 
Dr.  Morgan's  pupils ;  and  this  we  can  well  understand 
to  have  been  the  case,  when  we  know  (hat,  to  extreme 
gentleness  and  amiability  of  disposition,  he  united  a  re- 
markable delight  in  boyish  sports  of  every  description. 
However  sohool-boys  may  often  fail  in  appreciating  the 
excellence  of  a  character  unaccompanied  by  a  readiness 
to  engage  in  the  more  active  amusements  of  boyhood, 
they  are  never  slow  to  admire  mental  worth,  when 
combined  with  physical  superiority.  Such  a  happy 
union  of  qualities  was  found  in  young  Parry.  "  A  time 
for  every  thing,"  seema  to  have  been  his  motto  in  his 
earliest  years,  as  well  as  in  later  life. 

We  find  him  pictured  to  us  at  this  time  a  handsome 
boy,  with  a  provision  of  golden  curls,  his  complexion 
tanned  by  constant  exposure  to  the  sun,  and  good-na> 
ture  bewting  in  every  glance  of  his  dark  hazel  eye. 
Tall  and  athletic  beyond  his  years,  he  was  never  known 
to  abuse  his  streng^  in  persecuting  thoae  weaker  than 
himself  but  was,  on  the  contrary,  the  willing  champion 
of  the  oppressed.  His  sister  relates  that,  on  one  oooa* 
■ion,  he  came  to  his  &ther,  as  was  always  his  custom 
under  any  difficulty,  and  said:  "  Father,  I  want  your 

advice ;  I  can't  bear  to  see  that  big  boy  Gt beating 

and  ill-treating  little  H  -^ — .    I  have  rescued  him  once 

or  twice,  and  this  morning  G turned  upon  me, 

and  we  finight^  and  I  think  I  should  have  beaten  him 
if  the  adhool-bell  had  not  rung.  He  has  challenged  me 
on  Saturday  on  Lansdowne,  and  all  the  big  boys  are  to 
be  present  Do  you  think  I  should  meet  him  7"  His 
&ther,  after  a  &w  moments'  reflection,  asked  him  the 


v 


lii 


msammmm 


•T"-! 


If 


MieyoiRfl  or 


f</.' 


age  of  hia  •ntagonirt.  "Fifteen,"  wm  the  reply.  "And 
you  are  not  yet  twelve  ?  Try  all  you  can  to  avoid  a 
battle,  and  by  expoutulation  to  prevent  hia  tormenting 
youT  little  friend ;  but,  if  nothing  else  will  do,  you 
must  fight;  butbeoool,  and  do  not  give  way  to  anger." 
He  went,  and  returned  victoriouB,  but  with  a  dislocated 
finger;  for  this,  however,  he  oared  little,  "for  now," 

said  he,  "  little  H will  be  safe." 

He  was  notoriginally  intended  for  the  naval  profession, 
but  for  that  of  a  physician,  and,  indeed,  until  within  a 
few  days  of  going  to  sea,  had  never  himself  bad  any 
other  view.  The  decision  which  finally  fixed  his  Aiture 
course  was  made  very  suddenly.  Miss  Oomwallis,  an 
intimate  friend  of  Dr.  Parry  and  his  femily,  had  often 
advised,  and  even  solicited,  that  Edward  should  be  al> 
lowed  to  become  a  sailor,  feeling  confident  that  his 
character  and  tastes  were  well  adapted  for  an  active  life 
of  that  description.  Admiral  the  Honorable  W.  Oom- 
walliB,  this  lady's  near  relative,  was  in  command  of  the 
Channel  fleet,  off  Brest ;  and  when  the  "  Ville  de  Paris" 
(Oaptain  Ridketts)  was  on  the  point  of  leaving  England 
to  j<nn  that  fleet-  as  the  flag-ship,  it  was  yielded  to  her 
representations  that  the  boy  should  be  allowed  to  make 
trial  of  a  sea-life,  at  least  for  one  cruise.  When  asked 
hi»  own  choice,  he  professed  himself  ready  to  do  what-  ] 
ever  hia  parents  wished,  and  was,  accordingly,  in  June, 
1808,  thioogb  the  kindness  of  the  Admiral,  appointed' 
to  the  "Vflle  de  Paris,"  as  a  volunteer  of  the  first 
class. 

The  evening  before  he  left  home  to  join  his  ship,  it 
so  happened  that  a  play  was  to  be  perfonrtr^d  hj  the 
members  of  Dr.  Morgan's  school,  in  aid  of  some  chari- 
table object    Edward  had  always  shown  considerable 


**|i»t.v-'  ;*;**<rr*.  v^n^ 


u»<lill  —  i   I  I     i«i"l ii'"" 


■■ii HI  i,Miligi|j|n|i| 


■IB  W.  B.  PABBY. 


17 


ily.  "And 
to  avoid  a 
ormenting 
11  do,  you 
to  anger." 
dislooated 
for  now," 

profeflsion, 
il  within  a 
f  bad  any 
I  hifl  future 
iwalliii,  an 
had  often 
ould  be  al- 
it  that  his 
1  active  life 
>W.  Oom- 
land  of  the 
e  de  Paris" 
g  England 
ded  to  her 
xl  to  make 
lien  asked 
o  do  what- 
y,  in  June, 
,  appointed 
il  the  first 

his  ship,  it 
fiftd  lyjr  the 
9ome  chari- 
onsiderable 


I 


Mii 


tulent  in  this  line,  and  fVoqucntly,  with  the  aid  of  hii 
Bisters,  would  act  scenes  fVom  Shakspeare,  and  Mrs.  11. 
More's  sacred  dramas.  On  this  occasion  his  services 
were  called  into  requisition  by  his  schoolfellows,  who 
were  well  aware  of  his  skill  in  acting  \  and,  in  the 
course  of  the  evening,  ho  sustained  three  di£fercnt  cha* 
racters,  each  with  great  applause  ftom  the  spectators. 
They  would  have  been  surprised,  oould  they  have  fore- 
seen the  strange  use  to  which  this  talent  was  to  be 
turned  in  the  future  scenes  of  the  profession  on  which 
he  was  about  to  enter. 

Early  the  next  morning  he  left  BaUi,  accompanied 
by  an  old  and  fkithfUl  servant  of  the  family,  with  whom 
he  travelled  to  Plymouth,  and  who  did  not  leave  him 
till  he  saw  him  finally  settled  in  the  '*  Yille  de  Paris.' 
To  Parry  all  was  new.  He  had  never  before  beheld 
the  sea,  and  his  experience  of  naval  matters  had  been 
confined  to  the  snudl  oraft  on  the  river  Avon.   Thomas 

B ,  on  his  return  to  Bath,  described  how  his  young 

master  seemed  almost  strook  dumb  with  astonishment 
at  his  first  sight  of  the  sea  and  of  a  lineK)f4)attle  ship, 
but  how,  after  a  while  recovering  himself  he  began 
eagerly  to  examine  every  thing  around  him,  and  to  ask 
numberless  questions  of  all  who  were  inclined  to  listen. 
While  so  engaged,  he  saw  one  of  the  sailoia  desoending 
the  rigging  ficom  aIoft>  and,  in  a  moment,  before  the 
astonished  servant  knew  what  he  was  about^  he  sprang 
fbnraxd,  and,  with  his  wonted  agility,  dambered  up  to 
the  maifr-heaid,  from  which  giddy  devation  he  waved 
his  0Kp  in  triun^  to  those  whom  he  bad  left  bdpiw. 
When  he  regained  tke  deck,  the  sailors,  who  hiid  wit- 
nessed tiie  Ibat,  gathered  round  him,  and  commended 
hu  ^Arit,  telling  him  he  was  '^  a  flna  fellow,  and  a  tru(j 


mtk 


wm 


iiMmm 


19 


MBMouu  or 


Milor,  ertry  inch  of  him."  We  omi  well  imAgine  with 
what  gntifloation  the  ywrioui  memben  of  hif  tua'Ay 
would  leoeive  the  oooount  of  this  and  ererj  other  inoi* 
dent  oonaeotod  with  his  flnt  entrj  on  hit  new  career, 
•nd  how  eagerlj  they  would  hail  hti  condnot  on  this 
oQoaaion  as  a  happjr  omen  of  fUture  euooata. 

He  nerer  allowed  an  opportunity  to  pan  without 
writing  to  thoae  mort  interetted  in  hia  wellkre;  and  hia 
lettera,  fh>m  the  flnt,  breathe  thoughont  a  willingneM 
to  diaiegard  the  neoeaary  diaoomforta  of  a  tea  lift,  and 
to  be  ploaaed  with  all  he  law  around  him. 

••  We  bare**  (he  writea,  ehortly  after  Joining  the  flag. 
■Up)  "  •▼«fy  *hing  to  make  oi  happy ;  and,  I  amore  you 
that,  if  we  are  not  M,  it  la  our  own  fltalt.  .  .  .  Ton  can 
not  think  how  many  little  oonrenianoea  there  are  on 
board  a  diip,  which  you  would  not  luppoM  there  eould 
be.  In  many  of  the  oaWni  we  can  read,  write,  draw,  etc., 
without  feeling  the  motion  of  the  ehip.  If  yon  want  to 
takea  walk,  you  hare  only  to  walk  the  quarteMaok  tat 
half  an  hour}  if  you  want  any  Tiolent  ezerdie,  ffun  up 
to  the  mabi-top«aUant4naathead,  and  I  am  Mre  it  will 
do  you  M  much  good  aawaUdng  flrom  SY.OIrea^Bath,  to 
Summer  dilL** 

PaixT  waa  peouliarly  fi>rtttnale  in  maldng  hia  flnt 
trial  of  a  aailor'a  life  under  the  oommand  of  oflioera 
who  were  deairoua  and  capable  of  winning  liie  eateem 
and  Mflbotion  of  thoae  placed  under  them.    Onryotfng 

volunteer,  in  hia  lettaia,  apeaka  moat  warmly  of  the 
kiadne*  he  ezpevienoed  flram  the  oflhMia  of  his  ddp. 

"  The  Admiral  and  Captain  BioMti,''  he  writei,  "aire 
moatldndtome.  Thej  ai»  alwayi  doing  aomethiBg 
to  malce  me  oomfertable."    He  firand  a  true  iUand  in 


MUmiitnilKiMi ■r-^ 


iniiitmiA 


nagine  with 

'hiiflunUy 

J  other  inoi* 

new  owreer, 

duot  on  this 

I. 

MUM  without 

kre;  eadhia 

kwUlingneM 

Mftlife^Mid 

ling  the  tang' 
iMMireyon 
,  .  .  Ton  oui 
there  ere  on 
■  there  ooold 
^  dr»w,  eto., 
70a  want  to 
irter<daok  for 
)roiae,ffnn  np 
n  Mureitwlll 
lroa%Bith,to 


dng  hii  ftnt 
A  of  ofBoem 
ig  llie  esteem 
OorjcNfng 
Mrnily  of  the 
I  of  hii  diip. 
I  writer  ".«re 


tnwftiendui 


■i»  w.  ■.  PABar. 


It 


Miilliiiiiiii 


one  of  the  lioutcnaute  of  tho  ahip,  the  Hon.  Charlee 
Pcwys,  of  whom  lio  tbua  speaks : 

^January  4, 1804.  •  Vilh  tU  FaH»: 
....  "You  oan  not  imagbe  how  kindly  I  haro  b«eii 
troatod  by  Mr.  Powys.  Kvor  ilnoo  1  have  been  in  thin 
ship  he  has  loft  notbhig  undone  to  msko  mo  happy,  in 
which  ho  has  oertably  suoceodod.  If  ho  ever  sees  me 
the  least  melanoholy,  he  is  uneasy  tiU  he  has  discovered 
the  cause.  Pe  is  always  displeased  if  I  do  not  ask  him 
for  any  thing  I  want,  as  he  sr.ys  it  shows  a  want  of  oon- 
fldenoe  hi  hhn.  In  short,  in  him  I  bare  found  a  friend, 
to  whose  UndncM  I  am  in  great  measore  bdebted  fbr  my 
present  happbess,  and  whom,  I  trust,  I  shall  never  forget 
as  long  as  I  live.  I  look  on  him  as  a  kind  of  pmp  and 
support  to  me  hi  my  flrtt  setting  out.  By  going  into  his 
eabb— by  his  bstruotions  hi  seamanship,  (which  he  is 
always  ready  to  give  me)— by  reading  English  and  Latin 
with  him,  etc.,  etc.— I  really  believe  that  I  learn  as  much 
in  a  day  as,  without  him,  I  should  do  b  a  week.'* 

This  officer,  whose  kindness  had  so  won  the  heart  of 
his  youn^  shipmate,  left  the  "  Ville  do  Paris"  in  tho 
oooxse  of  this  year,  (1804,)  and,  not  many  months  after, 
was  oarried  off  by  fever  in  the  West-Indies.  The  tid- 
ings of  his  death  were  received  by  his  youthftil  friend 
with  the  liveliest  feelinga  of  torrow. 

**Oet.  10, 1804. 
.  .  .  .  HI nm  sorry  to  say  I  have  reodved  very  melan- 
choly  news.  Mj  dear  friend  Mr.  Powys  is  no  more. 
This  aeeoont  the  Admirsl  has  just  reoeired.  Few  people 
toA  it  so  much  at  myseb^  as  nothbg  could  exceed  the 
kindness  with  wUdi  he  treated  me  during  the  whole  thno 


r'  i 


miom 


muk 


li  MSIIUIU  OV 

b«  WM  on  boMd To  Win  I  ow«  •Imotl  •▼•ry  UitU 

•dvMiUg*  I  iMva  luul  tbo*  I  havt  bam  b«r«,  of  whom, 
wbra  I  think,  nnd  whUo  I  write,  my  hutft  ••  w^  M  my 
•yM  MTt  brim  fttiL'* 

ftaok  iht  cUy  wh«n  bk  Mnrut  toft  him  on  botrd 
the  »  Vllle  do  Pw4*,"  in  Plyiwrnth  Harbor,  h«  Adbeiwl 
firmly  to  bit  ratolution  of  lotting  nothbg  hinder  him 
in  a  diligent  attention  to  hie  etudica.  In  the  proaeou- 
tion  of  theio,  he  waa  much  indebted  to  the  watohAil 
oaie  paid  to  the  education  of  the  Junior  ofBoen  hy  the 
Rev.  W.  Morgan,  Chaplain  of  the  ahip,  afterwarda 
Ohaplain  of  the  Boyal  Naral  School  at  Oreenwioh. 

He  writea : 

^'Apra  7, 1804. 

**I  am  gobg  on  with  my  French  and  naTigation,  and 
beginnbg  to  make  oae  of  my  *  DioUoaaaire  Marine.*  I 
flnl  wriu  down  hi  EngUdi  any  part  of  the  eUp's  daty 
with  whloh  I  am  aoqaabted,  and  then  traadate  it  bto 
Fruioh.  At  the  eame  Ume  I  go  on  with  naTigatkm ;  and 
though  I  baTO  for  lome  time  left  off  BueUd,  I  fhaU  now' 
(by  Mr.  Morgan*!  adTiee)  oonthiue  to  derole  part  of  my 
thne  toH,  as  Itgbee  me  an  faulghtfaito  Plane  IVigOBoaM 
try,  whkh  ki  eooneoted  wHh  afaaoel  erery  branch  of 
naTlgatloo,  nd  may,  therefore,  aa  wall  he  leint  out  of 
ode  book  M  another.  I  have  been  glad  lo  ind  that  I 
bare  forgotten  rery  little  ef  my  Laths  not  thall  can  ny 
aaaMchofmyOfeek.  I  Ind,  bowefer,  that  I  can  tram* 
hue  theOwekl^etamwl  pretty tolewMy.  Myfother 
«^  that  amongit  other  hooka  which  he  hiteiida  to  awd 
me  tea  Greek  l^itament.  I  hare  eoe  already,  hut  il  te 
10  mmH  thM  they  have  been  obliged  to  make  aaa  of  the 

eldahbeeylationi,  wUds  hi  iMmtag  Greek,  I  had  never 


•vary  UitU 
,  of  whooi, 


on  board 
Im  adhered 
liinder  him 
ae  proaeott* 
«  watohftil 
oerabjtbe 
afterwarda 
rowioh. 

r  7, 1804. 
gatkmtaad 
Marine.*  I 
ihlpl  dntjr 
date  HInto 
gatkm;and 
[  fhaU  now 
part  of  my 


of 

int  o«t  of 
ind  thall 
Alloannjr 
leMtiana. 
BfyiMMr 
«da.toa«id 
df.Wtllia 
•  waoflha 
[  hadnefor 


X 


J4 


^itMMmtmti 


ita  w.  a.  rAtiir. 


fli 


During  the  whole  of  hie  iienrioe  on  board  the  "  VlUe 
de  ParU,"  thia  ihip  waa  etnplojed  in  orulair.K  about 
the  Channel,  being  chiefly  oooupied  in  blookftillng  the 
French  ooait  in  the  neighborhood  of  Dreat  and  Uahani 
Fbe  eyca  of  England  were  at  thia  time  fixed  upon  Bou- 
logne, in  expectation  of  an  invaaion  by  Bonaparte, 
and  the  morementa  of  the  French  fleeta  were  aaxioualy 
watched  by  the  British  Admirala.  Parry  Joined,  with 
all  a  lailor'a  ardor,  in  the  enthuaiaatio  longing  felt  by 
all  for  a  colliiion  with  the  enemy,  and  hia  jronthftU 
eogemeaa  for  auoh  an  event  diaplaya  itaelf  in  many  of 
his  lettera.  "  No  more  news  of  Mr.  Bony  yet,  and  the 
wind  has  been  fkir  for  him  lately.  If  he  doea  not  make 
haste,  he  will  lose  all  the  balls  and  plays,  and  he  will 
not  like  that" 

Not  the  least  attraotire  part  of  his  youthAil  oharao* 
ter  is  to  be  seen  in  hia  constant  dinging  to  home  tiea. 
Hia  almoat  ohUdiah  delight  at  reoelTing  lettera  and 
paroda  from  Bath,  and  the  eagemeaa  wbidi  he  ahowed 
Ibr  intelligenoe  respecting  thoae  moat  dear  to  him,  are 
early  signa  of  hia  appreciation  of  domestic  enjoyment, 
and  the  ralue  of  fiunily  union.  Weoan  aoaroely  donbt 
that  the  reooUeotioii  of  thoae  daya  had  their  ahaie  in 
tiM  "i^flMi««g  pnnotuality  ofaienred  by  him,  in  af^ 
)ilb,  in  ooneqionding  wiUi  the  absent  memben  of  hia 
beloved  ihmily  drde,  espeeiaUy  with  that  dear  aon, 
wfaoaa  lot  waa  cast  in  tlM  same  praftasion  aa  hia  o#n. 
The  IbUowing  letter  ia  only  a  aample  of  nwny.  to  the 


*'Mt  Xkuitmt  Iform:  I  have  again  been  aMkto 
troly  happy  by  a  dear  lonf  letter  from  my  dear  aelber, 
and  my  ristert  have  been  good  and  regular  eonrespeodeBt^ 


tt 


MmOlM  OP 


fi>r  whioh  I  do  not  know  bow  to  thMik  tham.  WbUat  I 
MM  othora  on  bottrd  frcqunntly  hoplnK  to  rao«lr«  l«ttora 
bj  •rtrj  opportunity  th»t  oflbn,  and  almoct  m  oftra 
diMppolntad,  I  b*v«  th«  Mtiafkotion  of  reflaivlng  tbr««  or 
(bar  and  n«T«r  going  wltbout  on«.  Indo«d,  ao  bnppy 
and  fortonnto  b«v«  I  b«<tn  In  thU  reapact  «v«r  ■Ine*  I 
b«Y«  b««n  In  tb«  nnry,  tbiU  '  P»rry'a  r«o«lvlng  UtUrt'  bM 
b«ooma  qttlto  n  proverb,  and  my  not  rMoivlng  anjr,  wb«n 
an  oppjrtunlty  oflbrod,  n«it  to  a  mlrao!«.  I  wUb,  my 
d»ar  mother,  I  oould  toll  yon  any  tblng  wortb  tolling. 
One  tbliig,  wbloh  I  know  will  doligbt  you  as  roaob  aa  any 
thing  you  can  hear  from  me,  In,  that  I  am  aa  bappy  and 
comforUble  aa  poaalble.  Happy,  I  certainly  am,  aa  to 
my  situation ;  moat  particularly  ao,  aa  to  my  dear,  dear 
relations— tbat  la  my  greateat  bapplnesa.  My  own  Immo- 
dlate  comforts  are  notblng  In  comparison  with  what  I  ftwl 
fbr  the  bapplnesa  of  those  I  Ioto." 

This  strong  tlo  of  homo  aillHJtion  wws  doubtlean, 
intimatolj  oonneotod  witli  tho  growth  of  his  religioui 
ohanwter.  In  this  rospoct  Parry  was  singularly 
favored.  His  homo  was  not  merely  a  liappy  one, 
but  ho  had  been  trained  under  tho  watohfUl  oyo  and 
judicious  oare  of  an  affeotionato  and  pious  mother,  to 
whom  he,  in  his  turn,- was  devotedly  attached,  and 
whoM  Ohriatian  inBuonoe  he  knew  well  how  to  ap« 
prooiate.  "  If,"  he  used  to  say  to  his  sisters,  "  we' 
are  not  what  we  ought  to  be,  it  ia  not  fbr  want  of 
oar  dear  mother's  prayers,  fbr  we  are  the  ohildren  of 
pvayer— of  never-ceasing  prayer."  The  religion  of 
hi*  early  yean  was,  indeed,  widely  different  in  charao- 
tor  from  that  of  his  later  life ;  and  of  the  expansion 
and  enlightenment  of  his  views,  wLioh  afWiwarda  took 
plaoe,  we  shall  have  oocasion  to  spbak  at  a  later  period 


iii<ini  I 


USUI 


Mt  W.  m,  »4MT. 


.  WblUtI 
!«irs  loiter* 
•t  M  ofttn 
ag  thrM  or 
I,  do  h»ppy 
)T«r  ■ino*  I 
leU«r«'hM 
{ Mijr,  wh«n 
I  wUh,  my 
trth  tolling, 
nuoh  M  an/ 
I  hAppy  and 
f  am,  M  to 
f  dear,  dear 
f  own  Irnmo- 
1  what  I  AmI 


,  doubtl«m, 
tia  religioua 

aingularlj 
Itappy  one, 
!\il  ojo  and 
I  mother,  to 
aohed,  and 
how  to  ap< 
liaton,  "we 
tat  want  of 

children  of 
religion  of 
it  in  cbano< 
)  expansion 
rwarda  took 
later  period 


>  ;- 


^^  a 


Ifaaawhik,  the  laflueMe  hf  food,  r«aolUng  trom 
/outhfUl  training,  ii  wantjwliil  in  maay  of  hie  early 
letlata,  which  exhihit  a  ooaadentioua  wiah  to  follow 
the  good  Ibr  ito  own  aak«»  and  a  a(>riottm«eB  o*"  Awling 
not  often  tMind  in  ob«  eo  joong-— the  germ  of  the 
eameet  deaire  <jf  the  man  to  empktj  all  hb  energioe  of 
mind  and  boily  Ibr  the  lUrtheranoe  of  Qod'a  glory  and 
the  apihtual  welAue  of  hie  MIowmen.  Thia  may  he 
eeen  in  the  Ibllowing,  |«nned  the  year  after  he  wimt 
to  ena,  on  the  uooaaioB  of  the  death  of  one  of  hia 
brothera : 

**  Mr  DaAMMff  Fatmm  and  Monan :  You  may  well 
imagine  my  (hellngs  on  receiving,  thIa  morning,  the  ao- 
oonni  of  dear  IVederkih*a  death.  I  hope  thai  Ood,  of 
HIa  Uiflnlte  mercy,  wUl  give  «a  all  fortitude  to  bear  ao 
great  a  miafortune.  I  treat  thai  whenever  we  begin  to 
rekpee  into  griai;  He  will  be  oar  aepport,  and  will  enable 
tia  to  nmke  the  refleetfoai  'God,  who  told  the  aflUctlon 
on  oe,  wlU  gi\'e  «e  power  to  hear  It.*  M  hae  done  it, 
and  what  He  doee  maal  tam  ont  eveataaUy  for  oar  good.** 

On  one  ooQaplQ& on^  wm  <U  '*'ftik  da Phria**  ta* 
gaged  in  action  during  tha  time  ha  belonged  to  her. 
On  the  ttd  Angurt)  1805,  a  fow  weeks  pi«vi»aa  to  the 
battle  ofTraAdgar,  In  obadieaoe  to  Napoleon's  poaitive 
orders,  the  French  Admiral  In  Brest  left  thai  harbor 
with  twwi^y^oae  sail  of  Iha  llno^  to  attack  tha  sixteen 
under  the  command  of  Adntlial  Ovt'^iiwaUli^  in  liopea 
that  the  combined  ftenoh  nnd  Spanish  fleeH  nndsK 
YIUanattTe  would  arrln  from  tha  aouthwaid,  and  In* 
sura  the  destruction  of  the  Biitiah  blookading  ftiuadron. 
Tha  expected  reinlbioemeatit  howaTWi  Mvar  appaarrd, 


iiiki 


24  *       i>«ipnioiB«  or 

hoving  take  wlbge  inOadtt,  after  Sir  B.  CWdert  ao- 
tion ;  and  Ganiheaume  retumftd  to  Breat  harbor,  witib* 
out  having  ventured  beyond  the  protection  of  the 
batteries  in  Bertheaume  Boada.  Although  the  Eng- 
lish Admiral  was  unable  to  bring  the  enemy  to  a 
general  action,  aome  of  the  ships  were  actually  en- 
gaged  for  a  short  time,  and  among  these  the  flagship. 
Of  this,  his  first  experience  in  actual  warfcje,  Parry 
thus  q)eaka : 

,  ♦*  The  account  which  the  newtpapeni 
have  ^ven  you  is  rather  exaggerated.  .  .  .  It  cer- 
tainly was  the  prettiest  sight  I  e^er  saw  in  my  life.  It 
is  astonidung  how  little  fear  one  feels  after  the  very  be- 
gtaning  of  an  aoUon.  Every  one  as  busy  thinking  of 
aOuring,  not  of  being  injared.** 

In  the  early  part  of  1806  he  left  the  "Ville  do 
Paria>"  bearing  with  him  the  highest  character  at  the 
end  of  this,  the  first  stage  of  his  professional  career. 
The  opinion  entertained  of  him  by  Admiral  OamwaUis 
iareoQided  in  the  following  terms :  "Panyis  »  fine, 
Bteady^  lad.  I  never  knew  any  one  so  generally  ap- 
proved o£  He  will  receive  civility  and  Iqndness  flwm 
an  while  he  continues  to  conduct  himself  aa  he  has 
.  ddne,^  which,  I  dare  beUeve,  will  be  ae  long  as  he 

■  lives!''  ■•"  '■■^' 

Bis  iMEKt  ^^pofaitment  was  aa  Midd#min  of  the 
"Tribune,"  ftigato,  Captain  (afterwsirda  Sir  Thomas) 
Baker.  This  second  period  of  his  nautioal  experience 
8how»  an  nnabrtad  energy  and  peneverMwe  in  fitting 
himsetf  ibr  the  requireriienlB  of  his  prctftsrion,  by  a 
aedous  dM^aige  of  dn^,  and  attention  to  the  ira- 
IMovement  of  hSa  time. 


SIB  Vr.m.  PABBT. 


25 


Oalder's  ac- 
arbor,  with- 
ition  of  the 
h  the  Bng- 
inemy  to  a 
actually  en* 
he  flag-ship, 
jpflqre,  Parry 


)  newflpapem 

.     .    Itoer^ 

I  my  Ufe.    It 

the  very  be- 

thinking  of 

e  "Ville  de 
racier  at  the 
donal  career. 
vlOoniwaUiB 
iiy  ia  »  fine, 
generally  i^ 
ondnenftom 
wlf  aahehas 
s  long  as  he 

qnnin  of  the 
Sir  Thomas) 
sal  oiwiienoe 
inoe  in  fitting 
ciiNiidoin,  by  a 
ii'io  the  im* 


li  was  not  long  before  his  good  resolutions  were  put 
to  the  teet  He  had  not  been  numy  days  on  board  his 
new  ship,  when  his  Oaptain  paid  him  the  compliment 
of  stJecting  him  to  perform  the  duties  of  day-mate, 
which  position  seems  to  have  prevented  him  from 
giving  BO  much  of  his  time  to  his  books  as  formerly. 
It  gave  him,  however,  a  practical  insight  into  that  por- 
tion of  a  naval  officer's  duties  which  otherwise  he  could 
not  have  bad.  ^      '     . 


.:iini,?  ,»-<y.i  ,1  .■^', 


t.„«/ 


,,(..■'.<    >  VM-;< 


"■"#.  J 


*''  TWftuno,*  off  BeOelale^  June  21,  1800. 
*'  I  om  going  on  very  comfortably  in  my  new  situation. 
*  Early  to  bed,  and  early  to  rise,*  is  my  maxim  at  present. 
I  find,  however,  that  I  have  not,  on  the  Whole,  so  mnoh 
tune  of  my  own  as  when  I  kept  watch;  for  now  I  can 
not  be  sure  of  a  minute  in  which  I  am  not  liable  to  be 
sent  for  on  a  hundred  diiferent  occasions.  ...  I 
have,  in  a  former  letter,  given  yon  a  true  aoeount  of  my 
situation  with  regard  to  the  duty  I  have  to  do.  I  often 
regnt  om  not  having  any  ehnroh  or  prayers  here,  whiob 
b  one  of  the  oomfiMts  to  which  I  have  been  so  constantly 
accustomed  on  board  the  *  Ville  de  Paris.*  However, 
the  outward  show  is  not  of  much  use^;  and  whUe  I  can 
Bi^y  the  c<mifor(  of  a  good  oonsoienoe,  and  of  addi-es*- 
ing  myself  whm  I  please  to  my  Creator,  and  tba  happi- 
ae«  o£  rwMUng  books  wUoh  will  serve  to  tcadi  me  the 
reUgion  I  profess,  I  do  not  see  much  reason  to  lament  the 
want  of  a  Uaok  gown,  a  pnlpit,  er  an  organ.  My  more 
qoiet  iad  eon^gniad  hooia  shrilba  en^yed  hi  my  duty 
to  my  Ibker,  and  Heamnfy  Father,  wUlst  I  AtSi  b« 
•odmmdagtm  oeeaAiBS  of  doty,  to  ^ease  my  ofieaw 
and  eompM^oni.  JhatthtalygotiBtoBhaliitaftnMing 
any  Jittio  ii*easbes»  1  bm^  experienoe  ai  any  time 


m 


iiiiil 


ggggim 


r 


ae 


wt 


eflfeoU.  By  thii  mMoa,  I  •Iwftjrt  ow  deriTO  kmb*  ftood 
iW>m  it,  ud  I  never  leave  off  without  soknowledginK 
that  'Every  thing  ii  for  the  beat,*  or  witboat  thanking 
in  my  heart  the  goodneM  of  my  Creator,  for  that  very 
uneaaineai,  (as  I  waa  at  flnt  pleaaed  to  oall  it,)  whioh  la 
alwaya  but  a  real  blearing  b  dkffokt.  I  could  mention 
fifty  histanoes  of  this,  aa  they  have  made  a  strong  im* 
pression  on  me,  and  I  now  make  it  my  osoal  plan.  I  Iud 
determbed  never,  if  puarible,  to  be  angry  or  disoon 
tented  at  any  of  these  things  whioh  every  day  take  place, 
for  that  ia  only,  in  other  words,  to  call  in  question  tht 


goodness  of  G(od.** 


4*l;S-l4.Jrsj,';*t«f-'>:'  -f  Jjr-  *■■» 


-Ml />'■?-■«(■'» 


At  this  period  he  ipeaki  of  an  expected  ootion,' and 
vividly  deacribes  his  own  feeUogs  under  tiie  immediaU^ 
pwaiieot  of  bnjttie.         ' 

V  .  »qf  JMb  Jsif,  «Anm  8, 180f .  ^ 
» Yesterday,  at  dinner,  the  Captain  «akl  he  ezpeoted 
an  aetion  every  day,  as  the  «Bisgala%*  <»4,)  and  two 
other  French  sUps  (firigatea^  are  eapeetedhere;  so  yon 
can  imagine  how  anzfamdy  we  are  leoUsig  ont-fer  theta. 
I  am,  lor  my  own  part,  prepaMd  in  every  way,  both  i» 
my  du^  as  a  Christian  and  m  an  oAoer.  The  iHrmer 
will  be  my  coolbrt,  in  the  idea  that  God  ia  always  pre- 
sent, and  that,(ahoaia  it  please  Him  to  save  my  N* 
though  ihese  dangers)  my  tnwl  witt  be  in  Him;  and 
the  hitter  will,  I  know,  not  M  me,  mOaaa  the  ^amm 
does.  Iassnioyo«,thalwlMnfvwIaiy9»lii|^aetlaBf 
I  shtil  never  do  so  ihoa|MMNly<  I  sImOI  alm^-mfif 
fai  my  mind  who  ia  my  Pi^oteoter  and  n^  FHadl}  irUki 
my  bbdy  is  doing  my  dtttj  iM  an  ««a«r,  my  kswl  AaD 
be  raised  muoh  Ugher,  and  Adibe  8ler•dy^^lt  iKMl'  to 
the  worU^  impkNiai^  n  bieariag  fton  ihyHwv«#>^ 
tbsc  ^l^pNpated^wka»hM«I4»ftar«li^Mliv«# 


;t« 


siTSissmtsmsmiMmmimmmmtimim 


nowledginK 
It  UutDldng 
>r  that  very 
it,)  wUoh  if 
old  meotion 

strong  im* 
plan.    IluD 

or  diiioon 
r  take  place, 
{uoation  tht 

)immediatQ 


«  8,  ISOf^^  > 
lia  •zpeokad 
^)  aa4  two 
Mr*;  M>fO* 
ftti^fer  thetn^ 
rajr,  both  i» 
llMiHnBer 
•Iwajipra* 
mf  ny  V^ 
D Him;  and 


ImmI;  vyiH 
f  iMrt  AaO 
r(ltlliMl'io 


1 


.1 


i 


■#: 


UB  W.  IL  PAUT. 


If 


ooooaion  aa  going  into  notion  P  I  am  not  natarally  a 
powardj  and  thi%  added  to  the  knowledge  of  the  Being 
who  proteoti  me,  ahonld  make  me  bold  hideed  1" 

After  having  diaohaiged  the  doties  of  "day-mate  ". 
for  nearly  three  montha,  he  waa  advanced  to  the  aig- 
nala,  a  poet  more  to  hia  taate  than  the  former,  and  one 
which  lie  had  before  filled  in  the  "Ville  de  Paria," 
where  hia  attention  and  quickneaa  of  ejeeight  hod  al- 
rpady  earned  him  distinction.    He  does  not  fidl  to  ex- 
praoa  his  gratitude  to  "good  Captain  Bdc?? "  for  his 
kindneas.    The  fcflowing  anecdote  forther  illuatrotea 
the  good  understanding  betweei^  them.    He  had  beea 
invited,  in  hia  turn,  to  dine  with  the  captain,  and,  in 
the  ooorse  of  oonveiMtion,  a^  diflbreoce  of  opinion  arose 
between  them  respecting  aomeof  the  rigging  atlMohed  to 
the  mainyard.  After  aome  little  disoosion,  Parry  appa> 
ren^y  yielded  to  the  judgn^ei^t  of  hia  superior  officer ; 
'Iwt;  after  dwnt  an  hour's  interval^  when  the  guests  re- 
tuinuid  to  the  cabin,  for  odfie,  ^  prqlooed  a  amoll 
lotagh  modd  of  the  poinis  i^  dliiNite^  wbioh  he  had 
prepared  in  the  i^ean  time.    This  gave  'sueh  oeriain 
evi^noe  that  he  hud  beeii  iathe  rj(^t|  that  the  o^jftain 

«^  l^iKr^v'3^^*  ^ <»»PteM  « the 
"  7S1«  dp  lyii^i^  be^  i»  ^aaiBliig  off  the  Frendi 
ooast  Bbdp^^l^thdaiiMaiisii^aa  before  to  iMM 
the  eoenj,  and  hava  his  name  Qiwkipipd  in  the  home 


^  S 


i 


iii 


p 


1 


Fwnch  yew)!,  ou  bo«rd  of  whidh  he  WM  himielf  pkoed 
aa  prbe-mtrtor.  Such  a  ohuge  ym  a  position  of  no 
■nuai  gwtiaoation  to  »  ybungrter  of  leTenteen,  nod  ho 
always  ratained  a  lively  wooUaction  of  the  event  The 
OMgo  of  the  paptoted  veeidl  oonsirted  of  wlted  saMinea 
and  Fwnoh  winea;  and  he  uaed  to  rdate,  with  hia 
wooted  humor,  how  he  and  hia  priae  crew  feasted  on 
the  former,  till  their  exoeasive  thirst  drove  them  to 
the  wine,  as  a  dire  neoeasity  under  the  oiroumstanoes  1 

In  the  sptipg  of  1808,  Qaptaiu  Baker  was  promoted 
ftaax  the  oommand  of.  the  "Tribune"  to  that  of  the 
"  Vanguard,"  (74,)  which  belonged  to  the  Baltic  fleet. 
Though,  fijr  many  reasons.  Parry  would  have  preferred 
remaining  in  a  frigate,  to  serving  in  a  line^rf-bettle- 
ship,  he  waa  anxious  to  follow  hia  old  captain.  To  hia 
great  delight,  the  desired  eKohange  waa  eflfeoted  with- 
out difficulty.  ,     ,,  J       i    V 

The  ""Vanguard**  returned  to  the  ICedway  in  No- 
vember, and,  having  obtained  leave  of  abaenoe,  he  speift 
Ohristmas  at  his  fether'a  houae  in  Bath.  He  writee  on 
hia  return  to  his  ship;     '    .,  ^ 

««W^i  it  is  indeed  Just  Uke  a  dream,  it  seems  impos- 
M»  that  a  day  or  two  should  be  safldent  to  ohvige 
oiM*s  dtnaUon  so  oomidetdy ;  yet  I  am  very  hafipj'  I 
am  myiielf  pussssshiy  a  thoasaadblflsslBgs,  of  whioh  many 
otihsn  are  abaost  Ignorant,  oi'  of  wUeh  they  Imow  only 
fl^ifcrfi^A  to  be  eoBviaeed  Aafe  they  wwt  tfeMafW     - 

In  Uw  iprns  ^'  ^^OM^  "TaagoKd "  asaM  tmei^ 
ms^m^ctW^iBm^  and  fli|it|iii  CHyit  wae  apt 


I 


liiiiiUM'riiiiriiiTmiiii 


IMMM 


<J!^ 


11 


^y.iyimii'»i'i'i 


SIB  W.  m.  PABBT. 


SO 


lelf  placed 
don  of  no 
m,  find  he 
rent  The 
diBMinea 
,  with  his 
feaated  on 
e  them  to 
unataaoeal 
I  promoted 
hat  of  the 
iBltio  fleet. 


eK)f-battle- 
in.  Tohia 
i)Cted  with- 

ray  in  No- 
se^ he  apeift 
e  writea  on 


Mmaimpot- 
i  to  ohango 
yhappy.  I 
wbidioianjr 
r  know  only 
Mrt#  ,  :■■>■•; 

aailadoiioe 
riroonupaad- 

lyawaaap. 


"r 


! 


iMa 


laiiia 


pointed  to  anooeed  him.  Sony  aa  our  yonng  aiiUor 
waa  to  loaa  one  who  had  alwaja  treated  him  ao  kindly, 
it  waa  not  long  before  he  attaohed  hiaaaelf  to  hie  new 
captain,  with  feelinga  of  reapeot  and  gratitude.  They 
were  aoon  engaged  in  active  iTork.  It  required  all  the 
yigilanoe  of  the  Britarii  oaptaina  to  pcoleot  their  convoy 
ftom  the  formidable  flotilk  of  gnn-boata  which  had 
been  prepared  by  the  Danea.  During  thia  aummnr, 
Parry  commanded  a  gun-boat  attaohed  to  the  "  You- 
guard,"  and  came  fjrequently  into  oolliaion  with  t&e 
enemy,  whoae  poweia  of  annoyance  he  knew  how  to 

**I  only  wid^**  he  write^  **tha  people  b  England 
would  be  oonvinoed  that  theae  Daaiah  gnn-boata  are  not 
gon^raata,  or  would  give  them  aome  more  respeotable 
mune ;  for  they  really  ere  the  only  Und  of  veaael  which 
the  Bngliah  navy  have  reaaon  (not  to  dread,  but)  to 
guard  agaioit.  It  is  a  shame  that  a  British  squadron 
should  be  obliged  to  eonftss  themaelves  annoyed  by 
boats/  But  they  are  not  guupboats,  and  there  the  dia> 
graoeendSp**  .: .'  .:;;  :-  .  f  ;.>; 

W»  taate  fat  muaio  i«Qved  to  him  at  tide  time  » 
•ouioeof  great  pleaauN^  in  the  houra  of  relaxation  fkom 
du^.  Iffia  vioUn,  on  triiioh  inatrument  he  waa  anzioua 
to  become  a  proficient,  waa  hia  compankn  daring  thia 
aummcor  omiae  in^the  Baltic  i 

•*I  have  been  if^raetisbg  three  or  Ibur  houa  to4ay  on 
4ik«|^  IdiMriklM»w'#hethffrIili9rw«ora6t,bat 
I  wi.jil»  a».3t  eamlbr  ihem  lana  aa  aaiiy (Mn^iBg  and 
bJMfiifraoiiitoiiih'tJMwt  aM^iAsi  tteiiaaiTm^iaB 
itlilyaa  thqr awihaa  —  |Bila  (iei.   MhI*  la«*dalght- 


iWi 


'  ^^ilBiiidni'  ov 


fliKUng,  Mid  I  iroald  MMriioe  alaiotl  •vwy  tU<^f  ,  «co«pt 
mf  «thwdiiti«i,tDib«ooaMiigoedortol«ilil»]>li7«r.  I 
hair*  B«T«r  lbrgott«Q  wlMt<Iluv«'lM«i,t«|d^iianMl7,  that 
*miuioUa««raioft«a<giiM*^h««theiM.*  "il  tliwelbra  nerer 
•nfbr  the  fliUto  to  vtt«r  •  qrQable  of  oomi^abt  more 
than  dx  dAyi  oat  Qtmmm>r.  ^Qith^mntOh  U  wmH^eep 
IfigroenetoUa^lt'*  ,  c--'j,v;.n>.     '»;'•.  iv;*\or  :  '.^  wr. 

.,.,..     .    .  ■  /'"fvi'^iMht- 

It  WM^  doabtiea^  in  teftrenoe  to  the  muaioel  &opid, 
here  deeoiibed  m  xeigning  in  the  "yengoMd'e"  gon* 
room,  that  be  WM.«oeaa((»ned|  in  after  lift, 'to  xelate  a 
jetting  remark,  intended  as  a  compliment  to  hie  own 
instniment,  made  to  him  by  one  of  the  lenior  offioen 
of  the  ahip,  tha*  he  ooDitantIj>baardilmi&  bflow  ^'  the 
notea  of  many/leUfai^  and  one  viMAk/ *^ 

'Thttibttowittg  himt,  Ott'tfaA  Mim^aaltfefll^  il'ioftinMt- 
Iki^,  ftotti  tbb  MhmkiAil^  Ml^wmk  il  akbdia. 

....  '^lamaorrjrtoM^Iam  jtetoo  the'ptHvt 
*)S  lodng  the  most  pleamnt  and  amiable  pomiMnion  I  hare 

hadlnthiidd|»,nanMl7,IieittB .  I  hare  bad  lo  many 

pleaaant  ereafcaga  in  tibyfaig  the  tMfai,  aeodmpaaled  by 
tut  fitie,  irMeli  he  playt  'Vmy  |>i(i*iay  faHeedi  tbn  I  Midi 
eimiiMi^i  him.  Hiihaaltl^#«>Terybadtanlbls  (MMi- 
aHtutkaiae*ei!trame^w»alr,tha> hm^k dbBlged tygo  to 
England  by  the  flnt  <^i|NVtnfty.  Siwiftim^itMmm 
hfan,andhewillbennhr«nQyhmMnted.  ffis  eottqdaint 
bw^.  indeed,  mor>  of  tiw  a|ipaaiiet  of  »>BBiMBpthwi  than 
any  tUng  eJae,  andl  agree  with bimaaif  fa  inpjpeiiig  tiiat 
he  k  noi  htng  ftr  this  woild.  He  baa  neMhar  Mtm  nor 
amlher,  b«lt  it,  IvMi  bianilmw^  nndir  Ikb  «ttn  of  gVai^- 
We  are  pattioidMly  ftnd  of  a  tone  eaiad,  *  nii  fil* 


! 


.»T«*!W*«>M«<»>*»*"*"*'' 


ssasBsatamm 


^f^^mtrw^* 


bpliTtr.  I 
Mady,  that 
libra  ncrer 
toint  mora 

''-M.l  '■'.it'ihii 

id'i''giiii- 
loTelatea 
to  his  own 
lor  offloen 

'  ■    .m- 

vinvBran- 
It  akb  «•- 


I  ihe'piriot 
ikmlhsre 
«d  10  many 
ipaaled  by 
UMliiidi 
■ilbkntto- 
lA  tOT'fa  to 


looMqplaint 
iplkwiflMii 
poitaff  tiMH 
rfltiMraor 
Borgvai^- 


_. 


H  jf  ,1 


liNteilllii 


i 


ma  W.  B,  PABBT.  VI 

oUiBn  Marinci^  Uyam,'  wbloh  is  one  of  the  mo«i  nolemn 
•nd  beBotiflil  I  erer  heard.  It  wm  pUjred  at  tho  burial 
of  ooe  or  both  of  hia  pwrenta.  I  oould  lee  tho  tears  gush 
ftom  his  eyes  as  wo  wera  playing  it,  and  he  was  obliged 
to  leave  at.  I  ooald  not  hrip  keeping  htm  company  in 
j^  latter  part  o(Us  perfinrmMoe.**    w.^i  H»^«(<*4r«»  --f'-. 

Moaio,  however,  was  not  the  only  recreation  in  which 
he  indulged.  Hi*  love  tot  Oowper,  mentioned  in  the 
fi>ilowing,  icnained,  the  same  thronghoat  lifa,  and  ho 
often  deohtfed  that  he  ngaided  him  aa  the  chief  of 
poela. 

**  I  hare  just  been  gobg  on  with  Oowper*s  Poems.  1 
never  was  so  mooh  delighted  with  any  thing  in  my  Ufb. 
Though  I  haW  read  Ihein  before,  yet  I  never  fully  en- 
tered  into  and  understood  them  praperly.  I  am  sara 
yon  woold  spHt  your  sides  somedmes,  to  see  me  when  I 
am  in  easlasiaa  with  tMdfaig  them.  I  laogh,  I  ery,  and 
alws^  end  withaaybg:  < What  a  most  exe^ llent  man 
and  Ohiislian  he  mast  h«te  been,  iod  how  weU  aefnaittt- 
edwithaMnUBdl*" 

jnifjb  ;j^^  thooglt  10  eonganid  to  hia 

tfrte^  lie  never  .peimitted  to  interfeie  with  hia  pcofiaa^ 
lioQel  dnttM,  Hefpeafci  with  real  plaMnue^  the  ap- 
pointment of  an  e£Bident  naval  imtraetor,  nnder  whom 
he  might  impfove  himaelf  in  the  etndj  of  mathematka 
i^d  navigation;  and  he  alwayi  showed  a  similar 
anadeisf  to  eseri  Itinaelf  in  tiie  i^niaition^af  every 
s^m  of  Iq^wl^  wbkih  oan  be  <if  advantage  to  a 


.«*]£r  DBA*  FAMM»t.  it  giMa  me  the  most  sineera 
pleasnm  to  kaow<  that  your  thoB|^  on  the  sali!}eot  at 


::lit-2-!kXi:'* 


m^ 


»'. 


;,« 


.1'.- 


}iUotag«  oolBflldc  MMtlj  wUh  whattpptan  to  bm  w  fi*i 
MMMbU.  I  bar*  oftaa  talMu  grM*  palai  to  mako  tho  !>• 
qoiriM  youiiwntk>iHnMMly,tliOBUMrlM,thoak,€lMigow,Mid 
iMihoda  of  »To4dliig  tbtm,  asd  hara  bam  ■•  oftaa  aaton- 
iHiMd  to  flnd  that  fcw,  or  aooa,  NMiiad  th«  Imm*  iaalfaiad 
to  a«iat  me  b  theaa  oaovpatlona,  thoogh,  tharabj,  thay 
would  be  instraotlng  themMlTaa.  Tha  flwt  la  exaotly  aa 
yoa  My,  that  thay  ara  too  laay  to  attand  to  thia  moat  no- 
oaanry  branoh  td  aaa-kaowladga,  baeanaa  thay  ara  not 
azpaetad  to  know  It.  Tat,  to  aaa  tha  ritoatioD  fai  whioh 
ahipa  am  aomotfaiMa  pfaMwd,  yoa  wo«M  aappoaa  thaA  ao 
man,  in  hia  aanaaa,  wo«ld.&U  to  maka  hlmaalf  mastar  of 
ao  inraloabla  a  knowladga  aa  that  of  pUotaga.** 

The  a^  of  nineteen,  aooordiiig  to  the/egabtionji  of 
ihe  naval  aervioe,  waa  ihe  earlieat  period  at  which  a 
Heatenant's  cominiiai<»  could  be  held.  It  aeem%  how- 
;pver,  to  hare  bean  a  eommoa  pneliae  to  toartall  the 
w^mtm  age  bj  a  flJie  lyaaenlatina,  and  ihia  Pany 
W^l  W^lHlj  wM  to*^  thf  iUt  J«W<lf  Wp  •«?H)e 
having  expired  nmemonthabeAm  htnaoheihia  »&•• 
teenth  biitiidi^.  To  aU  anoh  nUaitMioM  h*  tnn^d  a 
deaf  eai^beiag  too  apiighl  mA  atni^rtfcrwaid  to  take 
advanti^eola  ,^)tw)lioa^  ▼hioh.howwrfrwnal,  fill  rtill 
uafldr  and  QtttntihM.  Hia  datoriiaalioa  to  abide  by 
ihe  dBoWoB  of  bk  beMer  JudgBMnt  ia  idMiini  in  tin  IbI^ 
lowito^:  '       .  .       .,.  ..,,„.... 

**  r  have  made  «p  iay  lafia^  ^•'T  "ixB^ 
ibrtaUy  to  widt  its  montha,  tQl  my  alaelaaath  birtk;aay. 
It  ia  very  aatooiaUag  to  me,  that  I  aaa  erery  day  bbaaad 
by  aome  body  or  othar.iir  not  goiinrtopawmr  ••Mifai- 
.aOon  at  onoa^  aa  aoea  aa  I  have  aarred  oky  ria  yaam. 


g.«8M)jami}> 


^-"T     ly^^^^* 


'l*y  r  "• 


tftMiMlon- 


lexaotlyM 

i«7  art  not 
>D  in  whioh 
IN  tbsil;  no 
rouwlMrof 


nUkdoiuiof 
It  which  a 
eem%  how- 
brataUthe 
this  Pnny 

eihiiaiab' 

■MP   •'■•■^^^w  ^" 

rMdtotdce 
toabidebj 

ikltfMiBl^ 

lv«f7«on. 
hhirtli^aiy. 
dnfbbvMd 


» 


iiiiii 


un  w.  n,  rASST. 


la 


Th«7  tell  me  I  ooald  oerUinlj  |mm  (br  nfaiftcm  or  mora, 
if  I  ohoM  to  trj ;  all  tiUa  I  know  rtrj  well,  bat  there  ie 
•0  much  to  be  mid  in  oppoeition  to  It,  wliioh  eeemi  muiih 
more  ecMible,  thnt  they  aukj  M  well  mj  nothing  more 
•boat  it.** 

■A    Andagidni^  i'^'r    -■■  '^  ■■   -'    '->.:-■••     •<  ■•  ■'-^\ 

**Slx  midihiproea  }mf  p—ed  their  exnmbatioae, 
wliioh  ia  not  n  onitottary  thing  nt  eon,  bat  liM  been 
gmnted  hj  the  AdmimI,  as  wenra  et  eo  great  n  dietanoe 
from  EngJand.  One  or  two  of  them  were  mneh  nader 
age,  and  I  hare  been  not  a  littla  jailed  at,  on  thia  and 
manjr  other  oooaaiona,  for  not  havbg  done  the  aame.  I 
expeet  to  a|e  all  theae  reoeire  ocMnmiiMiona  before  I  paaa, 
bift  I  do  not  oare  for  that,  I  am  rerj  well  aatiaSed  to 


The  UnM^  bowerer,  at  length  anited.  The  "Tan- 
goMd  "  Ntoned  to  tiie  Ihrnaa  in  Daoember,  and  Ptoiy 
weut  vp  to  trtWB,  where  he  lemained  in  kxjjgiiigi  nntU 
the  owtoaty  exainf aationa  were  eonolnded.  HepaMed 
Ibr  Uentanaiit  on  the  8d  of  Janyaiy,  1810,  and  dmnic^ 
the  Undneii  of  Lovd  Iiowther,  oiie  of  the  Lovda  of  Ihe 
j^baiialtf ,  obtained  hia  oommiidon  two  days  after. 
**I  hate  at  hngtih,''  he  wxote  to  Bath,  "the  happinoM 
of  Id^  yw  thm  joa  tw^  now  oaH  OM  LoromrAii^ 
PAttrl** 


I 


uaiii  • 


iaaaiiiliii 


•       ^ 


»,•"■■»<»'.    ■' 


,-\  .'«p    •  ■•■\%'-M     I  )    .It    . 


1  .  .•  I  t-'bv 


It*    «ilt,. 


'       .  ^  OHAPTll  II»  r         ■ 

Willi    i|i||n'[i1iin1  to  "I#  Hogw^"  anl  Yoth*  *•  HaU^ 
Ooal  Minirtrtliii  V  (t>*  lUvw  Oowieotloat— Ukvw  **  I*  Hflgw  *-- 

a^te^  a^to  Wot  '       *^  1^*«C 

1810—1817.  * 

Bablt  in  Fefarauy,  1810,  lifiat  Pany  prooe«ded 
«9  SlMerMMtojobitht  "  AlMUMBdrk"  frigiitt,  OHitAin 
JohnQniUiam.  Tbk  t«Ml  being  of  the  napaior  oIim 
of  frigMMi»  ft  UentenMil'e  oebin  woald  neoeMtrily  be  of 
reiy  liotitad  liw ;  bat  to  e  young  oiAoer,  the  poMM* 
•ioo,  Ibr  the  flnttime,  of  a  Ntieet  he  oea  eeU  hie  own, 

ieft  matter  of  no  ■miJl  Importenoe.  Party*!  ilfal  bud* 
MM  wee  «he  ibmiaUng  of  thi%  hie  "OailK'*  ea  he 
it* 

«•  AtaMMMck*  Omnmt.  mihrmni  1«,  1810. 


'  «*!  thbk  I  eea  not  better  employ  mjieU;  ftr  katfen- 
how  after  bwefciii,  limn  by  gWag  jon  a  deeeriptko  of 
inyeiUn,wlfallbnown«erlyeom|aete.  I  toM  yoolt 
WM  abovt  rfz  or  faren  Ibet  iqaafe.  lu  door  (wMeh 
opeMtetothe  gM  room,  where  we  dbe,  ete.)  le  hi  the 
iriAlte  of  oneeflte  ^i^voA  on  the  righiieaHMB 
wladmr,  ktoking  alee  teto  the  gmMoemt  flwing  yoe,  aa 


gi'-'.'SJJlWHI 


wmmmmmmmmmm 


mk 


«  ^ 


»  HaUAui— 
.  nofM"— 


prooecd«d 
i,Oipkain 
pdl«rolaM 
rilybsof 
be  poMMH 
Ihkown, 
flntlmiri* 


1«,  1810. 
ftrkalfiMi* 
oriptfooor 
koU  yoalt 
K»r  (wkkh 
.)faiBtk« 

I  feAMBaO 


M»  W.  U,  VAMT.  Vi 

70a  go  la,  U  ft  Ttry  prattjr  ohMt  of  drftwan,  mJ  otror  U 
U  mj  Ubrar/,  whioli  aukM  no  •bftbby  ftpp«ftrnufl«,  I  ftMiiro 
jroo.  Jvmi  ovor  th«  midiU*  of  tho  «lniir«n  U  »  arnall  win* 
dow,  not  a  foot  ■quar*,  from  which  proo«o<U  all  the  light 
which  my  oabln  powa—ei.  Upon  tho  baok  row  of  boolu 
atanda  a  amall  oval  looklng-gUaa,  *  neat  bat  not  gaudy.* 
The  bed-pUoo  la  converted  in  tha  day-time  bto  a  very 
convenient  and  pretty  io(k  Next  the  wadiing^tand  la 
a  amaU  Ubia,  which,  Ilka  tha  Ubie  In  the  hall  at  the  Olr- 
ona,  lata  np  and  down.  Let  not  the  table  In  the  Oircua 
think  Itaalf  degradad  by  aooh  a  comparkon,  for,  ba  it 
known,  mliM  la  made  of  oadar ;  Lebanon  Itaalf  narar  pro- 
dooed  ft  flaar  frfeca  of  atnfft  for  tha  laka  of  dktlnotlon, 
can  thia  table  'LalNUioa.*  Under ' Lebanon •  are  boota, 
ate.— orar  It  are  hoag  my  awerd,  dirk,  work-bag  and 
Inuaadbtely  over  the  ndddle  of  It  la  tha  braaa  bnnoh  can- 
dloatlek,  wUeh,  yon  may  rooiambar,  I  got  at  Bath ;  and, 
laat,  tkoi^  ooC  laaal,  over  tlia  flaadleatldc  la  hmg  the 
little  piatare  el  tka  *  AlanMidria,'  «rhksh,  aauiag  elbar 
thhig,  aarvea  eoaatantly  to  remiad  om  ef  Uie  happiaaai  I 
have  alloyed  at  Bath." 

In  Marah  tha  "Alexandria"  left  the  Non^  with  a 
ooBTOj  fbr  tha  Baltio.  After  a  long  oontmnanoe  of 
unfltvoiaUa  windi,  thej  reached  the  Qreat  Belt,  where 
thar  reofliTod  iniinnatbn  that  the  Swediah  portf  were 
oloaed  agahiat  them.  "  The  trtj  name  of  Belt,"  writea 
Pany,  "aaggeslitlieideaofgan-boata;"anditwaanot 
long  beftve  theae  fbrmidaUe  ibea  ahowed  themael  vea  aa 
modi  on  the  alert  ••  erer.  The  "Alexandria  "  waa 
Aeq^nentlj  engaged  with  the  Daniahaohoooani  and  gon* 
butiii,  wwoh  be^(,aniMd  with  82-ponnder%  were  often 
more  than  «  n^Ash  for  the  12-poiiiideni  of  the  Britiah 
frigale.    It  waa  aeldnn,  indee4,  that  thej  Twtared  to 


IMMMiMMnHM 


,»»  ^M««a«>^r< 


MHuoiM  or 


oomo  to  cloMi  (\nirtan  with  tbe  monofwMr,  but  it 
not  poMthlt)  fbr  tlin  latter  to  provent  tba  Kxm  of  ioino 
of  tiioir  oonvojr  on  n  tUrk  night.  Tho  boatM  of  tti« 
oneroj  w«rn  ao  mnall  m  to  c<ioa|)«  (li>ti>otion  for  nomo 
(imo,  and  tbe  merchant  v«amU  under  th«  protootion  of 
tbo  nritiah  flag,  M|)ooially  thoM  of  foreign  notiona, 
a!iuv«rcd  great  cu'cUiMiKjMi  muvI  itiMilwiiltwii  lo  ordura,  in 
f  *  many  oamm  koaping  no  night>watoh.    It  was  thorofora 

I  no  matter  of  aur))riM,  that,  on  the  flnt  alarm,  iK)me  of 

f  tho  convoy  ihould  be  «tieu  alrcody  "  taking  their  leave," 

1  while  tho  difficult  navigation  of  the  Belt  roudcrod  ft  ro* 

'  capture  by  night  next  to  impotsible.     ,   ^^_,. , 

During  the  flnt  part  of  thin  yoor,  th«  "  AUstnilria  " 

woii  Rtationed  off  Carkcrooa,  where  tbe  Swedei,  though 

.  not  yet  ootuoUy  at  war  with  England,  were  making 

fe  aotivo  preiNurations  for  dis&nie  by  lea  and  land,  **  ill 

f  aim,"  layi  Pony, "  we  ahoald  be  indined  to  OapmiAagm 

them."    Tbe  Swedioh  fleet  in  th«  borbor  oonoiated  of 

thirteen  nil  of  the  line,  and  tbe  entrance  wm  Mouied 

I  by  ft  oboin  aoron.    "Tbftt  fleet,"  be  writeo,  in  Mftj, 

i  "ought  to  bftre  been  in  Yonnoatb  Boodf  by  tUa 

j  time." 

"The  Alexftttdrift''  retained  to  th«  Thftmet  in  th* 
winter,  and  in  itnoftrf  of  the  next  year  vm  plaoed  <m 
the  Leith  itation,  nnder  the  oonunond  of  Oaptftin  Ofttli- 
Cftri,  for  tbe  protection  of  the  Spttftbefgen  whftl»-fiili 
ery.  During  the  two  y«ftn  ^Mnt  oc  this  wnrioe,  they 
(  wore  again  oontinnoUy  onm^red  by  the  gan-boats  cf 

^  the  enemy. 

j  In  the  winter  of  1811-12,  the  "  Alezandrift"  remntnad 

1  fbr  tome  weeks  at  Oromtfty.    The  hoepitftlity  of  the 

i    •  Scotch  rendered  thia  stay  pleoiont  to  the  ofBoen  of  tiie 

■hip,  especially  to  PMnry,  who,  in  oompftny  with  ^ 


WAlMk. 


urn  w.  Ik  i»*MV. 


bnt  it  WM 
M  of  tomo 
XltM  uf  tho 
n  for  nomo 
:>tflotion  of 
;n  nationi, 
I  ordurs,  in 
•  therofora 
n,  Home  of 
leir  leavo," 
durod  ft  ro- 
lAXftrntriA" 
Ifli,  Uiough 
»ro  mftkinc 

land,  "in 
OoptMafftn 
Miauted  ot 
ruMoufed 
M,  in  Mfty, 
da  bj  this 

DDM  in  the 
■  plaoedon 
pteinOftth- 
whftl»-fiflli 
mrioe,  they 
u-boets  of 

k^ranttnad 
ilit  J  of  the 
lo6ra<rfthe 
r  wilh  IdM 


otptftin  ftnd  tnrfaQn,  •i\)itjr«>t  •  '^onaiM  **  of  Mvend  d«yi 
in  the  iietghborhtMML  lie  wm  inuoh  delighlod  with 
ItiTonuw,  nnd  tlie  it«w  UalotkmlMfi  U»uiU.  Thb  he 
prooounoed  '*•  truly  frmnd  undertnking,"  littk)  thiuk* 
iiig  that  hii  own  nftme  woaKI  one  di^  be  uffioiaUy  oon- 
noototl  with  it 

In  the  ocmnN  of  the  yeftr  IBlt,  being  ititl  ongnged 
in  the  proM^tion  of  the  fli^eriei,  Onptftin  Ckthoert  n- 
oeived  (>r^%ein  %o  piueeed  m  Ikr  m  70*  N.,  mmI  to  re* 
turn  witu  the  bat  of  Um  whalenftt  theoloM  of  ^  aoft' 


**yr9  muit,**  (wvltee  t%nf  ^  hi*  alMer,)  ^  in  entioipe- 
tlon  of  thU  ftenelng  vmbms  •ne'ke  up  our  miodc  to  oheet 
the  Mimmer  m  eomlbrtftbtjr  m  we  eea  nmong  the  beere 
Mnd  Mdi  on  Um  leek  Wbnl  eerioiitiei  iheU  I  brbtg  you 
bMikt  WoddyouMkeMilriMdorieerftlhvwhltobeeni 
M  pete,  or  hftif »  dew  mikf   OTfttt  theie,  we  thell  per- 

hftpe  lee  ptaM^r  htlbre  we  nMmni»** 

'  ■  •  » «»»•,'  •• '  •»».•■ 
la  tbe  pnodUif  AWMiMt  b«  btd  iMQiM,  wwortl^ 
of  eepeoial  raati^  that  phenoonaoo,  with  whieb  be 
•fterwMdi  btoMM  lo  IhMilia^  tbe  •ppMnuiee  of  the 
eon  abovttba  boiteM  tlmidftigbV  MA  la  tbin  ■ommer 
to  miide  bii  Aral  MttMiBliMi  vtik  Ibe  lot  of  Ibe  iMilh* 
enMldUi^  WbibboMli««Nt  tbeir«MiMtoWM«Vj 
fitar  lahAd,  (wUib  Mm  mMwi^  biftwtM  SpitabMien 
•ad  Moftb  0^  Hwir  proiNM  iTM  Mddm^  anealed 
by iMiaiiW iiaitiiti^p of HoatUit ioa.  loraftwbowe 
tiMj  pMmni  MMfbig  a  diviona  and  difloiill  ooone 

bm  tt  aooft  bwiMOM  evident 


tbai  IbittMr  advMMi  «M  on  of  tba  o« 

to  tbate  nnimpli  W  w«bb  Ptar  Maad,  tbtjy  tafnad  to- 

waida  Nortb  Of^  wbibb  bad  baaa  tbilr  oraiitog 


rf*ii*i.iii»iii«fi» 


M. 


I^':- 


I      ^ 


i  ' 


JuiioiM  or 


ground  dttiiagiwrt  of  the  fbniMr  year  Brto  the  bleak 
oatline  of  (he  inu>wn«pped  hills  of  Lapland  was  hailed 
01  an  old  and  welcome  friend,  after  the  d^beolate  expanse 
of  the  ice-fleldB  they  had  jost  qiiitted.  "The  very 
mow  itself  seemed  fiunilitt  to  TUB." 


.'tf  iXV'- 


**  On  the  36th  of  Jane,'*  he  writes, "  we  obMnred  MTon 
or  e^htsmiUliresselslyhig  hi  a  narrow  harbor.  We  got 
them  bat  ihe  lame  eVening  withoat  opposition,  and  had 
a  fe#  hottrt*  ran  on  shore  into  the  bwrgaHn.  lliii,  in 
Lapfattid,  was  A  ilbW  tldng  t6  me.  The  whole  scene, 
which  oar  little  expedition  presented  to  the  eye,  was  staoh 
as  ooold  not  ftil  to  make  an  iinpreifthm  on  the  mhid. 
From  the  top  of  this  hill  we  had  an  extenahre  prospect  of 
the  sorroondiiig'ooantiy,  trideh  diflbtwl  little  hi  appear- 
ance ftom  the  se»«oast;'  - 

^  The  sea  was  smooth,  and  soaieely  »  somid  ooold  be 
dbtfaigoiAed,  hot  now  and  then  thOToioes  ot  some  of  onr 
party,  who  were  bosily  mnploysd  bekw.  Td  nudce  the 
whole  more  romantie,  the  hoar  was  tbat  of  midnight, 
and,  what  does  not  often  hqqten,  I  believe,  in  modem 
romances,  the  san  was  two  or  three  d^^rees  shore  the 
horiaon.  Close  to  the  shores  of  the  harbor  stood  a  littie 
hat,  in  which  the  door  ooold  barely  be  dMngoidied  from 
the  whidows,  or  the  cUmney  ikom  eithar.  The  hot  was 
composed  prind^y  of  tor^  sad  its  top  was  as  green  as 
ooold  be  expected,  at  so  short  a  ^stanoe  from  the  North 
Pole.  Its  mhalntsnts  oondsted  of  an  old  Norwegian 
woman,  two  or  three  ddldren,  one  cow,  and  two  iheep. 
We  begged  a  little  mfflc,  and  this  she  oheerfUly  gave,  in 
a  Tessel  which  might  be  a  pattern  of  cleanliness  to  the 
dailies  of  soothem  and  more  refined  ooohtiiea.  I  can 
scarcely  imagiDe  homan  natore  hi  a  condition  moch  lower 
than  tUs,  at  least  hi  Eorope';  yet,  if  hq>piness  be  troly 


V  J 


immmmMiimiimii 


■rt    '^ 


atheblMk 
was  hailed 
iteezpanae 
The  very 


tnred  mtod 
'.  We  got 
o^and  had 
I.  lUa,  in 
tbie  loene, 
B,waistioh 
the  luthd. 
uroapeotof 
hi  appear- 

1  ooold  be 
ome  of  onr 
nudce  the 
midnight, 
b  modem 
ahore  the 
od  aHttie 
ifriiedftom 
le  hntwaa 
Mgreeaaa 
the  North 
liTonfogian 
wo  iheep. 
ly  gave,  in 
M  to  the 
ea.  loan 
looh  tower 
I  he  tral/ 


t 


•^ 


.a»  w.  v.  FAaiiY. 


Jt> 


defined,  the  po6r  Konragiatt  nnnam  haa,  ptohiMfitM 
latiffe  a  diare  of  it  aa  ira,  irho  tUnk  «vMlTea  ao  aanah 
more  highly  fikVored."''  ^%  *  »f*V'J<i  •^♦r«>*^.v*r  n  V.r»r««f**r  • 

The  foUowiag  was  wiitten  to  hi»  alitor,  after  his 
return  ikoiii  the  coast  of  Korwaj^«>y>^.  ~*s  ^^mi^^^'f.i^S 

...  ."f  haveilKde  w«^<>fteMngaerioaiiiyno#iUid 
then,  and,  if  audi  momiAiita  eiki,  with  {nropi4«ty,  b«  oallM 
meUucAtoly,  that  mehidAoly  Ir  the  mdat  d«lij^tfiil  a^ika- 
tion  I  etperienee.  THoit  rhu^  taiy  dear  >-^— ,  if  ionta  lUks 
oodld  read  my  thdnghta  on  d4liA,itad  On  th«  gloriOaa 
pito^qteot  of  eternity,  th^  wbold  not''baileV6  I  was  a 
Bailor.  I  ftar  our  proftMioa  b  not  wjlutly  taxed  with 
defidenoy  hi  tbla  hnportant  pobt— oayi  an  KogUsh  sailor 
and  his  r^Ug^bn  a^  pr0V«fl)fadly,  iftoot  aS  opposite  as 
Cab^  and  Dorer.  TUs  pats  me  bi  mind  of  a  little  aaeo- 
dote,  whioh,  when  I  waa  left  behhid  the  other  day  at 
Gottenberg  with  aoaM  pmaa,  linHnded  to  have  eom- 
nittad to  paper,  t.' .  d.  •  IwaseadMNMblBthe  efieeof 
a  peraon  whose  boiinsss  it  Is  to  take  the  oatha  and  depo- 
sitions of  the  editors  of  the  enemy's  Tessels.  Iwasritting 
down,  waiting  till  my  torn  eame,  and  MotdsBtally  took  iq> 
the  Testament  whioh  was  lyidfon  the  table.  Iread  ^ 
a  few  moments,  whmi  the  man  of  law  gtsfely  (and,  as  he 
thooc^t,  wittily)  lemariKed  :*  That  ia  not  the  Idnd  of  book, 
iir,tliatezaetlyBaitsyottI*    ItweBttomysovlt" 

"fy.  the  Btndj  of  astronomy  Fttny  had  always  tal^en 
great  pleasore.  The  IbUowing  k  dated  Lei<ht  Sep- 
tember, 1811: 

.  .  .  .  .  oitisaftsUotiaUeqaestfoiitoaakJryoahaTe 
seen  the  oemet  Toik  most  know  that  I  am  rather  ptond 
on  tUs  snlfjeet,  ft*  I  disoorersd  it,  at  sm,  some  days 


>   ■' 


i-nii  i.il  I  -'.n  .,1  .r«iff|.ri  ,,'J^'ff,lfitHjHife|i^i)Yfertlf 


40 


.MBMOIM  Om- 


htfim  iMdTiBg  •QfbtdljIgwM  of  lu  faning  be«i 
«lMwh«n.  I  fliK  ikw  it,  Mid  pointod  It.  oat  to  tbo 
geon  of  the  lUp,  od  th«  iii|^t  of  th«  lMNmti|U  e«atnl 
oolipM  of  th«  moon.  It  wm  not  than  rwj  diatfaiet, 
owing  to  the  nqporior  briUttMjr  of  the  mooB  •*  ha  Mii 
and  I  only  then  remarked  that  I  waieonSdaBt  therewaa 
no  planet,  or  any  fixed  star  of  the  flnt  or  eeeoad  mag- 
iiitode  hi  that  qwt,  direotty  onder  tha  Qreat  Bear. 
On  the  night  after,  I  lyab  eaw  it  more  oleavfy,  and, 
two  daji  after,  the  paper  mentioiied  it.  Sboe  then, 
aa  the  moon  haa  been  gradoaOj  wadag,  it  lua  been 
more  and  more  beaatlfliL  .  .  .  Aatraaomy  ia  a  delight* 
fill  idenee;  independently  of  the  knowledge  it  eon* 
reya  aa  a  loienee,  it  earriea  .with  it,  to  the  ndnd  of  a 
hmnan  ereature,  the  atro^geat  kaMoa  of  hmnOltjr  t  at  one 
view  it  aeuteth  the  ineooipieheniible  and  inflnite  powar 
<rfhi8  Chreator,  and  hia  own  '-^gnUniHiBi*  > 

V.I  >  J.  ,     '(U     .       ti      ' 

For  aoina  timsfMi^lM  Imd  Mnpiograd  Hm  tediooa 
hoon  of  n  nigh^trrtoh  ia  atiidjing  thn  litastion  of  tin 
iiMd  HOT  it  tiie  Northwrn  Ilami^ilww.  TlieiBiparl- 
ineeoftehigBUetoolilKiiitlieltliliidtaiid  longHtade 
*^^  night  if  irall  aa  lixdi^,  "of  otearviag  by  iwue 
Iten  «iM^"  odiid  iSlli  lie  iika(^  be  tbo  b^Uy 
neieirahof  Ua  obiaratioiM  nAerwaida 
ivpeued in  aamnllTolwnfl^  mtlCled,  *'Kaiilioal  Aatio- 
nomy.**  HiaoimexperieBoebndodnirinoedbimorilw 
want  qf  aoma  ajbrnaptMy  irodc  on  <hMiaaljeol»^thia 
bederiied  to  fqpply.  "I  b»Te  iean,*'b«  ai^  "two 
or  three  booka  <m  die  tnbivA,  hat,  ftom  thn  mnmor 
ibdr  nutibon  bnve  treated  it,  Aey  moat  h^yt  oonaid* 
ered  their  leaden  aa  80  maqyBnBdlieU&  Tbtytakeao 
muoh  knowledge  fbr  granted,  thaVif  the  lennar  pon* 


^M 


iMaiiliiiaiilii 


•a  w.  &  rABBT. 


91 


ingbaMi 
■ttoth* 
iiti|Ui  QWtral 
rwry  diatinoCi 
I  aft  L4»r  Mli 
MttharewM 
'  Moood  nui^ 
GhPMt  B«Mr. 
olwyrfy,  and, 
fiboe  then, 
H  hM  bew 
badflUght. 
dg«  H  eoii> 
•  mind  of  • 
lOHjrtatoiie 

HMtadknu 
istkmof  the 
xna  iiii|Ninr 
A  JongHlido 
Bgljy  inoro 

tbo  Jtti^jr 
I  afltrwaidi 
iltoalAfltro- 
iliimflflihe 

the  mMmer 
#▼«  oonod- 
niiytakeflo 


MMM  h  in  >«•%,  h«  wiU  not  thank  tbem  Ibr  their 
inatraetion." 

\  On  aeranil  oooaaioiu,  alao,  he  oooopied  himaelf  With 
pnparing  aoaonte  du.  -j  of  the  northern  navigation. 
Surveys  of  different  localitiea  on  the  ahorea  of  the 
Baltic  had  been  aent  hj  him  to  the  hjdrogmpher  of 
the  Admiralty;  and,  while  on  the  Leith  station,  he 
forwarded  to  the  aame  qoarter  oharta  of  Balta  Sound 
ind  Yoe,  »  harbor  on  tha  north<«a8t  ooaat  of  SheUand. 
'v    In  January,  1818,  lisnt  Parry  left  the  "Alezan> 

;<dria,"  not  without  oonaiderable  regret 
He  writea  from  London: 

**I  mean  to  go  down  to  the  *AI«caadria*  agabtUa  even- 
ing. IeaBnotweliIoavehertinaethreeorlbardayi,aaI 
have  lota  to  do  in  tiie  paddng  way,  beridea  lettHng  ahon- 
dred  little  tiiinga,  whidi  a  realdenoe  of  three  yeare  in  cno 
hom$$t  aadnanddm  removal  to  another, neoeaaarilylMng 
wUiiit  Kobody,witli«M«cpelrMM)ii«it,eaBeonoeivedia 
peeiaar  tieling  eomieeted  wWt  thia  Mnd  of  change.  One 
beoonMB  m  Inamrfbly  attached  to  a  ddp^  in  wUdi  one 
haa  leen  ie^  a  vliitoty  of  good,  bad,  ai^  indUferent,  that, 
however  budi  one  inay  idlfei;  ftr  good  iiaaona,  to  leave 
htv,  ti^Bte  ia  BooieiiUflig  fiiooB^idvriUly  theael 

of  dobg  M.    I  know  eirtey  ptahk  in  thil  *  Aletadbris  *  aa 
wen  ai  I  know  the  letters  of  the  alphabet.** 

Be^^  WM^IM  '&piited  to  H.  IT.  &  "la 


(74,)  O^ilain  tiie  Hon.  Uadeii  6<qpiil,'iheii  ai 
]p|niiDg.|ba  past  fter,  exeitipns  hwl  been  mnde  to  pro* 
cQ^  'tt  ^m  'jm^,ajyQih|Sm^  to  '^  f4^on,  $r  I*. 
Lafinegr  luvving  ipomnlaed  1^  iliiB 

be  (rfbotM.    Ko  opliortttniliy,  however,  ocourrai^  amd 


■iiiiiiiiiailiil 


tMUMiommm 


4§ 


,\«v  MBIloiM  MII.V. 


woOeroAoer  VMflivwi  Hm  aspaeled  ▼aonoj,  nCaraing 
h<Hiie  iHth  the  rank  of  oommaader. 

Wliilt  the  "  SttqyCra^"  (84,)  whieh  WM  mnr  to  Qonvej 
him  to  HiOiflui,  wM  detam«d  at  Ptntmootli  by  oon- 
tniy  wiadi,  Puty,  for  the  ftnt  tima,  bditid  aateatu- 
enguia  aiworic,  in  the  dockyard  of  thai  pdrt 

**JPorUmoulk,  JM.2»tlBl9/ 
....**  I  have,  (his  morning,  heeii  to  mo  the  blt>ok 
maoUnery  worked  by  iteam  in  the  dodcyaid.  I  oan.not 
ezpreii  to  yoii  h(»^  I  hare  be«»  delighted  with  this 
maiterpieoe  of  homan  byentioa,  %  i^ever  before  faw  a 
iteam-eni^e;  bat  wai  rather  ^eaaed  with  myself  in 
flndbg  that,  with  the  ptvfkm  knowledge  I  had  acquired 
of  tUs  wonderfbl  moving-power,  I  oonld  pdot  out  to  my 
ooi^|i«niwi  th^iii9a9f  iM  mmi-,  vartiMMjoonaf^i  «aw 
^vif,My^m^MMJl^^,f4Mtpi  Feignson, 
Imiaoa,  Ghreigoiy,  eto.    The  extent  to  wM  it  is  here 

me  aa  any  tUng  mfena  than  «  tolerable  knowledge  of 
moohfaioA  mighjk  aatq^illy  h»Te  aaggpitod  .when  onee 
the  atf[|m  was  made  to  perf^urm  ita^^oOoe.  ktm  weAJefftd 
and  pei;|tot  a  manner  aa  il  than  dMs^  inMwhflte,  hvir. 
erer,  oonTeya  the  meat  grand  idea,  of  th«  *rMf^ttKbh 
hidoitfy  of  man.  .  .  .  lamomifident  that,  if  we  live 
twenty  yean^  wediatt  aee  atema  apflied  to  a  handled 
diftrent  pniposes  on  board  a  ship;  I  maybewroiv  hi 
thiimfth<4  of  applyi^  it,b((tfc  lam  swa  that^^nMJMh  is  to 
bf  doM  by  amp  in  a  ship.** 

T$^  hit  fint  voyage^  aordaa  th«  Atlanta  w^  mt* 
ibrmsd  quiddy,  owing  to  ihTprable  winda^ 

**  We  hare,"  he  writes,  **  talun  frequent  and  exeelleni 


i^fwr 


Qj,  fsCaining 

iw  to  ijonvcy 
Mitli  byoon- 

.  86, 1819. 
le  the  Ut^ek 
I*  lowinot 
d  wHh  tfik 
bdbrepiTft 
th  iDTMlf  in 
li«d«oqaired 
It  oat  to  my 

I  Feigaion, 
1  it  is  hora 

lowladge  of 
.whan  onee 

iMJaftriinlila 
.  if  we  live 
,  ft  InuMbvd 
Mwraqg  in 
t-pii^iito 


id  oMellMii 


w.  &  r^wr. 


48 


obMrvktiooi  on  oar  fWHOge,  bj  night  and  dty,  and  I 
have  had  •  flunoos  oi^rtanity  of  using  my  inatroments, 
irhioh  I  may  MlUy  pronounce  to  be  ezoellent.  The  theo- 
dolite  I  hare,  of  ooarae,  had  no  oooa^on  to  om;  it  ia  a 
iweet  little  Imtrumeiit  Hm  dght  of  a  Ihll  moon,  Joit 
about  lanaet,  In  theae  latt^iadei^  b  one  of  the  moit  anb- 
l^e  I  ever  iitir :  the  olehnieas  ifith  whidi  it  ia  seea  ia,  I 
auppoae,  to  Ma^ittbtat^dto  ih4  hiMf  df^the  aibttoiipbere. 
We  dijl not  ilt«^ iL'saa'^nlffii^ ihq  K^dle  of  oar  t»aaaai^ 
ahA^o  mad^  th^  OiMti/t^'mi  o^ilbilb  waa  erer  made 
#iili  a  tenn^. '.  .  .'ltt4i|ilHkdfllHtyof6dt''hatJtloilobaer. 
▼ationa,  I  oaa  aafbly  aay,  with  i  dear  oonaoienoe,  that  I 
have  noi  ieen  idle  U  iM  ftAHi^.  I  ffon^t  think  there 
is  a  tiebtenaiit  tU  mtli^iiif*  rO^  more  ftUd  6t  wHi- 
iitg  ffaaik  I  im,  ibd  I  htai  ia^  ^erti  U  not  tmifM  ktaoiito 
hoir  to  make  a  worse  pen ;  bOCUke  SiMn^  1 1iaV«  dbly 
6biiAiien<ied  niy  ttfUfhi  tile  #orH,  ttnd'1 4illl'  Ibend'iM  I 
go  on.  I  hare  been  so  lu4>py  as  to  meet  wKh  a  bMthMr 
offlowr,  who,  like  myseU;  *  knows  only  that  he  knows 
nothlhg,^  iod  Wi  hif*  gone  hand  in  hand  togMherfai  oar 
oooapatiotts.  We  hare  been  goiing  through  Eaelid  again. 
He  pbys  the  floie,  and  we  hare  <Mir  Mgobr  dnets 
together :  aatronon^,  liieohadea,  and  flhenlatiy  hare  not 
been  negleetedi^  aaitf  aa  tehdiiig  wffl  ooBt«y  knowladge, 
wMukoi  expasimeala  hi  these  delghtfld  saisnoaK^ 

,  Ak  BtibdkM^  te  m*  Uiidlj  i«oei¥ed  hj  Sir,  P. 
Lateegr;  bnk  ih«  latter^  being  myir  aopaniedc^  in  1»» 
aoiMBaad  by  SieJ.  B.  Wanea,  no  bMiger  )ia4il  in  1^ 
power  to  aerre  hia  yonng  fkkmti,  M»  ngni^  ^tuA 
Ftoqf  *^lud  aok  oooae  ovi  ftwdTemonAgiOQiierf fir,  in 
that  OMB,  he  Hioald  hwre  been  twdte  montiiaftoom- 
numder."   Vim  waa  ft  gwatdiaappoinin>enl»  bat  regret 


J 


! 


I 


lw«wiiiWiiii««l»iii  irfili»ihmiMiiiiliijii»Blfiliiil  nirHi  «ikuiil\mttmaia»mikMlmimaM>>>m'milli 


UWh 


4« 


0* 


f     n  ^^  w  Tf.^  j^  ^  «,!fe^,«w,»  Barbados, 
';":,1':^«:  ."^^-'^  4i»r«  sia,  1818.  ^ 

**  Yoo  will  b«liev«  me,  wlMn  I  mj,  that  I  do  not  rapbo 
at  h»Tiog  miMed  what  to  ««,  •eenui  to  hare  be«o  •  gold|en 
opportunity.  Wo  know  not  wbaH  might  liaro  happenod, 
had  I  hoen  promotod  eigfatoon  numtha  ago,  initead  of  dz 
montha  honoe ;  I  might  haro  proved  one  of  thoie  intoler- 
able  littl»great-npitart  oaptainai  whidi,  on  verf  Hrict 
taaminationt  are  to  Be  fbond  in  onr  navy.  I  might,  I 
lay,  have  been  lo ;  I  will  not  aniwer  for  myaelf  that  it 
would  not  have  been  the  oaie.  I  ooneider  this  (and 
every  other  event  of  my  life)  aa  one  of  the  bnnmerable 
meana  whioh  an  nnaeen  Frovidenoe  employs  to  edaoe 
great  good  from  little  evils ;  we  see  it  in  a  thonsand  in- 
Btanoes,  and,  if  we  can  not  always  traoe  out  the  good 
which  results,  it  is  beoaose  the  oreatore  can  not  follow 
the  Preator.** 


•itfi  .«*.'>'■ 


^•>'f'^f\ 


.    The  "Soeptre"  arrived  at  Haljlhx  the  2d  of  June, 
1818. 

On  the  day  previoa^  "ihe  glorioaa  1st  of  Jane,"  the 
celebrated  aotion  between  the  **  Shannon"  tad  .the 
"OhcMipeali;*,''  offBoakw,  had  takm  pUNw;  aad,aftw 
days  later,  Oaptaln  Broken  who  had  been  .  ■evcu^ly 
wounded,  entued  the  harbor  of  Hali&z  with  hii  priae, 
taohoring  amid  loud  &tieni  from  tfie  ahiiit  and  qp^ota* 
tora  W  dKxra;  "HaU&x,"  writea  Ptoiyt  "is in  aubh 
aik  Hipnig,  thil  I  doubt  whttthar  ihe  IbB^  iHft  evw  re> 
ooVer  their  triMiqiillit^. 

Hm  gteaMt  'pikrt  <kf  thii  autumn  wai  i^^Mnit  in 
omSntig  off  Nova  Siaotia.     In  Novemib«r|  a  vidkift 
hurriotefi  viated  Balifiuc,  driving  froni  iheir  uMhon  • 
aU  the  men-of-war  and  merdumtmen  in  tha  Bttbot 


iiMiiiMi 


"^''yij"iftn«?' 


■m  w.  a.  rjuwr. 


45 


arbadoMt 
•a  i3, 1818. 

do  not  r«pbo 
be«oagol(l|en 
!▼•  ImppeiMd, 

iiuteadofdz 
'thoM  intoler- 
>n  vmf  Urid 
f.  I  might,  I 
D/Mlf  that  it 
ler  this  (and 
e  innomerablo 
oyi  to  edooe 

thonMnd  in- 
ont  the  good 
an  not  follow 

2d  of  June, 

of  June,"  the 
on"  and  .the 
e;and,a&w 

rith  hii  priae, 
■  aadqp^ota* 
^"liinBaoh 
tH|ev«rre> 

raa  lipaai  in 
er;  a  vidleitt 
lieir  MMslion- 
.  tlM  Bttbot 


which  proaented  a  aoeoo  of  deaolation  and  diatrea  ad' 
domwitnoMed.      ^  • 


.^    ^f^:t       t,.     k  -, 


"^  '*The  merdiant  re«el%**  be  laya,  **ilrat  Mt  the  ex- 
amide,  and,  b  a  fbw  mhnrtei,  eveiy  maa-of'War  was 
drivbg  from  her  anchors.  I  thbk  we  should  hare  held 
out,  but  for  other  reisels  that  came  upon  us  in  pretty 
qpUk  soooessioD.  At  length  our  turn  came,  and  away  we 
went  on  shore,  fat  a  very  soft,  oonrenient  pbMM.  It  was 
iad-aed  so  soft,  and  the  rafin  so  violent,  with  a  pitohrdark 
night,  that  we  did  not  know  for  some  ndnntes  that  we 
were  on  iihore.  "We  \aj  there  that  night,  and  gpt  off  the 
next  morning,  having  recrired  no  damlgfe  whatever.  I 
have  been  thus  ouronmstantial  fai  *La  HogneV  adven- 
tures, because  I  know  that  it  wiO  amuse  my  Ihther,  and 
make  my  dear  mother  eaisy.**  "'" 

In  the  following  spring,  lient  Pany  waa  engaged 
in  a  suooessful  boat-expedition,  attended  with  eon- 
nderable  danger.  On  more  than  one  oooaaion,  the 
enemy  had  endeayored  to  destroy  the  British  ahipa 
by  meana  of  "Totpedoe,"  a  apeoiea  of  '*infiBnial  mar 
chine ;"  and,  dniiBg  one  night  in  April,  an  attempt  at 
Hob  kind  waa  made  on  *'La  Hbgae,"  then  lying  off 
New-London.  "Thia,"  hewritei^  "ended  in  smoke, 
orxatherinnoamokeataU;  Ibr  dl  the  efSMl  waa  the 
dodking  of  hatf-»ddien  i^ople  hf  the  oiAumn  elf 
water  Ibroed  np  in  the  eznltiaknL'*  Atiheaamemo 
ment,  ^boiit  Waa  ddi^ %  the  ''Ift^^ 
oonteiioitig  'f^  noan^  whd  pve^ende^  t^  lutve  oonie  dff 
&r'the,pan>CiA  of  «9^  flie  Ulend^  of 

the  hour,  Itow^y^r,  M)4.^  pv«ed  oaw,  oombSned 
wiOi  >on)fiihi^  ip^^      m,  tb«  apywifwiob  of  the, 


mtamlmmmimmt 


iKwiri'ir Iiirffiiliiiii 


ir0 


■«MH 


■^ 


Kit. 


I  OH  Mi*  V^MHIli  WbV 

detaiMd  him  in  irooi.  TIm  nun  would  nol  ftUow  thni 
he  had  any  ■hare  in  the  attempt  to  blow  up  the  ihip, 
haft,  aAHT  n  few  d^n^  oAbMd,  in  eemiddniiaoa  of  being 
aet  at  Ubertf,  to  pUot  the  beale  of  llie  wegnAKm.  «p  «o 
PMtipagtte  Point,  hi  th* '  At«  Obnmetionl.  wkeM 
eevenl  Atnerioim  |NitalBeni  and  letMn  of  marfoe 
wereljing.  ^'TbrpedoJaek,"  aa  the  aailon  had  dabbed 
their  oaptive^  waa  willing  to  prore  flie  honeolj  of  hia 
intentlon%  bj  going  himeel^  handooftd,  in  ooe  of  the 
boata.  iU  ezpe^tton  waa  planned  aoiiordinglj,  oon* 
aieting  of  aizboati  ftom  "LalEfogoflb"  '* Maidstone,'* 
and  "Bndjmion,''  under  tihe otdem of  O^rtain  Ooote^ 
of  the"Borar''bgrigi  Parrr  eommaaded  one  of  the 
boats,  being  third  in  sentori^  of  the  ottoeiii  «%^K^| 
and  the  aooount  of  this  gaUant  e3q>Ioit^  Ibr  wuw  1 
medal  was  afkenfwds  awarded,  m^  be  giren  in  hia 


"We  proeseded  b  the  'Borer*  to  the  month  «f  the 
liver,  where  she  aitiiQfred,  and  we  Ml  her,  at  ten  o^olook 
at  nii^  faials  good  boats,  eontsfaiiim  IM  men,,e<,fdioa| 
40  were  amriaesi  Iff  hi4  mdjr  >^  «*  •ii^.  nOp.^ 
row,  ba%  on  aeeoonl  «C  tha.^de,  wMe|^  i^^  tM*  WM?a  ,ot 
the  year  iiwa]n  tons  oat  of  thf  tif«n  did  n^.gft  up  t6 
th«  shMg  ti«  bi!ial(  ef  di^  ai^  hmded  wil)biit  0]^ 
jitjourjiwy  waiMng  the  li^Mtan(i^  JJat,  if  a  <ngle  shot 
were  ftred  in  the  ne||^bot&ood,  the  tow*  4^ald  be 
borat.  i^  nudbe  a  ,ahqii  ataiy  of  |N^  1^  weife  «Mpi^^ 
in  bomfag  TSMsb  ftom  4(i^t,  at  Ihoalbaifpil  fear 
tUl  noon,  wheb  we  hmlMd  off  faito  the  itreaai  of  the' 
liVer,  in  two  of  tfM  iMit  Tsstrii  that  weM*aioal  In 
these;  n^  toj  ibor  hbari  kniger,  ea^  and  de<qping, 
within  pfatoUiwt  «f  the  woodsy  in  order  toreflwh  ooi^ 


...f:: 


ip  the  ihip, 

of  itaarfiM 
laddnbbwl 

ooeof  the 
linglj,  oon> 
iAicbtone," 
teinOoote^ 
MM  of  the 

Mr  wuoh  » 
reD  in  hw 

Mtheftlw 
tm&vktOi 

I  Wigienos 

e'MpioH 

■Ml  of  the 

•ifloel  In 
d  tteeping, 

mbmd  own 


4t 


■m  w.  a.  PAsar. 


•olveifbr  aajr  ibrther  4MMrtkNM  whieh  it  might  he 
■nrj  to  make  {wlien  lev  end  heboid  t  we  mv  «  boeti  with 
n  flag  of  traoe,  eotnbg  oat  fttmi  Lyme,  whieh  pieoe,  with 
»  point. Oft  the  oppoitoeiide  of  the  livei,  imned  its  neiw 
roweot  perl,  and,  we  eoold  peneiTe^  wae  deathied  to  be 
the  graiid  leadeatoua  of  their  Ibree,  b  their  attempt  ti» 
■top  our  girfnf  heek.  The  boel  eame  aloogiide  the 
■ehoooer,  wImvo  we  were  now  ail  amemhled,  (havbg 
hunt  the  brig,  whioh  had  gronnded{)  and  mmA  an  oOoer, 
bearing  muk,  a  letter,  nobody  erer  heard  of  or  aaw-^-Ai 
oohbler^  hand,  and  many  worde  «ron|^ ipeltl  ,  It  wae 
to  demand  a  Mrrender.  The  etyie  hi  whldh  tiili  wai  do> 
maaded  wae  enough  to  make  ue  hold  it  Lt  the  greateet 
peedble  eootenpt,  wUok  II^Nnewii  that  Oaptafai  Ooote 
gave  him  wae  Mfleieot^to  ihow.  Three  eheem  for  Old 
BngUnd,  befens  tho'l^  wm  oat  of  hetefai^,  waa  the 
uoet  oipreMlTe  laewer  to  thefar  preeilmpiiriotte  donand ; 
and  IfMlyheliefe  that  thtae  wee  but  oiie  mbd  amchgrt 
osiqiMn  the  ocwirion.  Of^itain  Ooote  determined  upon 
oar  rMufaUngririMlh*  «M  We,  hi  tte  iohooner,  tiU  dusk, 
then  10  At  Ire  to  her;  aid  poeh  down  Hui  river.  She 
mnie  the  f iNUtymevMth 'whieh  we  deetroywL  WhiM 
diyflAt  lamid,  th«y  w4«e  aAhid  to  Ma#  iny  thlii^' 
■ghhttt  «•  wliM  we  thed  hijjr,  for  tr»  ■hontt  hni»  hmded 
inrn'Oniafi-mA  lilq^eMeftthy-nir;  %at,  wreooa  ae  tt  wai 
dMik,  iM  <iNl  Were  Jen  da  ih«>o&li  of  Itevlii^  her,  th^/ 
odnliiaiilMM*^  MMi/^-fia  '<»rM«iiMliri''«hd  dkaifeetky 
fto^  tke^MIMli  eMih'iMMlil  iMfm"  Thl  tid*  tirte  'iin»: 
nttfiltMr'itettfoftDNik'oMbiiiriiiieitahotthi  oo^ 
flttri^fMd^^wMv^'idtia'lMmfilkNa'tM  lehodMr.  "th^- 
graAd'j^  ii'wUbh  thllr  MattSmymoiOMkA,  Ml 
bolbr«  ttlihlMiH'^<l^BMtr  Lr>>^*^*^'^  oppinltei'bhiiki 
(about  two  milee  and  a  half  below  oa,)  end  thhhJ»r  w« 
drifted  iile«tiy»  wtthpot  roi4n|f»  wl|^  w^aU  hw^  fan 


i 


fKll  IllUliKlir 


lAto^Mih) 


•d  th«m  of  oar  ■pproMh.  Wo  obionrod  thwi  UghUac 
thoir  trM  on  (bo  boooh,  wblob  onobtod  tho«  lo  om  wboa 
wo  poiMd  (bo  fcrry,  iio(  bj  (bo  Ugb(  wbiob  (boj  (brow 
oa  (bo  wo(or,  wbkdk  wm  booooMoniMo,  bol  (boj  owdd 
•00  wh«n  OBJ  ol^oo(  poMod  bolwooa  (bom  oad  (bo  flroo 
oppoiKo.  Tbia  wm  Torj  qoloklx  (bo  oooo  wHb  no,  and  o 
booTj  flro  ooauMoood.  Wo  pttUod  rapidly  pai(  (bom  in 
•  fbwBdnn(oo,  and  (bon  ooaaldorod  oanolToo  mh  onoagb. 
Wboa  wo  W0B(  op  (bo  algh(  bdbro,  wo  badod  o(  o  Ibri 
al  (bo  mon(b  of  (bo  rlror .  ondf  flmttng  no  gnao,  moroljr 
(brow  down  tkm  fli^rtd^  (o  Jal  (bm  know  wo  bad  boon 
(boro.  Wo  know,  kowotoc,  (bat  Ibogr  wooMi  bavo  bo4 
(Ibm  oaoai^  (o  got  gono  haro  now.  Wboa  wo  oaiM 
abrooa(  of  it,  (boj oponod tiibM ifo,  bntvllb  BO  oAmI* 
Oar  only  looi,  in  (lUa  (roly  wott«>adao(od  roiToat,  baa 
boan  (wo  killod  bolongiag  (o  (bo  *  MaMa(ono,'  and  oao 
nroondod  of  *La  Hogoo.'  Sovoral  privatoovOi  wbioh 
wonld  Tory  aooo  baro  boon  raady  Ibr  aoa,  woro  doataroyod. 
Bookonhig  at  (Ld  ro(o  of  410  por  (on,  (bo  valno  of  (bo 
damago  dono  would  bo  noar  X50,000;  and,  aa  an  im* 
■Maao  qaaaU(y  ?*  a(oraa  woro  alao  burnt,  H  wUl  not  bo 
nboTo  (bo  nuurk  ralao  tbo  wbdo  al  £t(H4XM>  atodttng. 
WobaroBOtyM  .::^(hoNow4iOBdaaaooo«al^it,bat 
wo  boar  tbal  tboy  ara  atirVidahad.  Indopaadanliy  oftbo 
8(ir  wo  mado  (baro,  (ivo  or  ate  kagma  ftoat  tbia  pbMt,) 
wo  baro  abo  boon  aatnally  (bo  moaaa  of  drlring  (he 
■4torioan  aqoadroa  ikvm  (Mr  tnaborpgo  aororal  niloo 
uptiMrivor.  Wo  imagiaod  (hoy  Mat  bavo  gonp  >p  ibr 
(bo  pPfpoBO  of  aapdbig  a  lai^  ftnw  fttem  (baooa^  rooad 
(o  Saybwro*,  (o  oat  aa  off  ki  ow  radoatt  if  (bay  did  go, 
(heyworoadayboUnd..  floob  b.  (bo  oolUoo  of  tbia  IKUo 
ba(  wolUondaotod  aflbir,  of  wbidi  yoa  iHll  aoon  aoe  (bo 
oflkdal  aooountt*** 


,4 


Ugbling 

IOM«wbMI 

UMjthraw 

tkqrwNdd 

b4  Um  Atm 

[MMttlltmia 
mh  moagh. 
lad  at  A  Ibrt 
[OM^nMraly 
rvkiid  bMn 
d 


M  W« 
III  BO 

NiTMt,  haa 

«,'  and  ooa 
Mn»  wbkh 
idaatro/ad. 
ralna  of  Uk« 
»  aa  an  inio 
wiUaotU 
KMatariing. 
■t4rfit,bat 
mHjoltho 
thkplaot.) 
drlring  the 
nroral  inUaa 
gOBOtpfiHr 

■oaabMoad 
hafdldgo, 
oftUaUtUe 
Bathe 


ata  «r.  a.  vamt.  4§ 

In  the  auminer  of  1814,  Sir  J.  D.  Warnm  waa  luo- 
•«l«d  in  hia  command  by  Sir  A.  Gookraiio,  and  a 
mora  vigoroua  blookado  of  the  American  imrta  com- 
menoed.  "  La  Hogue"  woa  atUi  itationed  off  No^rlym. 
don,  and,  with  the  reat  of  ttio  equodrou,  kept  tlie  whole 
joart  in  a  atate  of  alarm.  litUe,  howerer,  waa  aotuall  v 
done,  the  Amerioan  ahipa  of  war  in  the  ConnocUout 
riror  not  renturing  out  to  aea.  At  length,  Ooramo^ 
dora  Dooatar,  Ending  it  had  been  impowiblo  to  broak 
tho  blockade,  even  in  the  winter,  »nd  doapairing  of 
emwting  it  in  the  aununer,  prudAitly  rolinqaiahed  bin 
inaoUve  attuatton,  and  lent  the  orowa  of  hia  ihipa  round 

•  %,i"  ***  "^  *'''  "  ^*»«>*»«»^"  wid  othem  elaewhero; 
The  proapoot  of  peace  held  out  by  tho  obdioation  of 
Napoleon  waa  hailed  with  joj  by  Parry,  though  it 
•orioualy  impaired  hia  oxpootnUona  of  promoUon,  ao 
long  delayed.  Ho  writea,  under  dote  of  July  20 
1814:  '      ' 


flftk^  i^^kj..;i»l^ 


,  ij  '^'i^- 


**  How  gloriooa  haa  been  tho  iaane  of  European  aflkim 
to  our  belorad  ooontrjrl  She  haa  oahnly  and  rawhitely 
held  out,  b  aapport  of  the  eommoa  oanae  of  nationi^ 
agabat  the  arm  of  deapoUam,  Which,  bat  for  her,  might, 
ere  thia,  have  laid  Europe  under  eontribuUon.  Heaven 
be  pvaiaad  I  the  haa  been  the  meana  of  leodhig  book  other 
BMloB^  CM  by  one,  to  a  aenae  of  their  true  bteroat,  and 
haa  bfMght  them  to  atand  Ibrth  in  deftnae  of  every  thinir 

SL'irS^J^.**'*'*^  W.  may  now,  indeH 
boaat  of  being  EngHahmen,  Ibr  all  Europe  ia  oar  debtor 
I  don»t  like  much  the  Elba  bnaineas ;  what  my  you  to  it  ? 


■MiiitiliM 


iiiiiitiriiiriifi"niififtitfiiiiii^ 


••MMaMUitllili 


J 


HI  ,  fHHiouM  or    H 

BoiM|Mrt«  will  D«v«r,  I  think,  b«  in  qoict  while  h« 
lir«»~it  would  b«  ft  J  Oild  If  h«  w«r«  t  W«  doo*t  hoar 
what  tho  Kmporor  of  Auatri*  any*  to  M  thin.  Indaod, 
w«  onljr  g«|  Mnipf  of  fini^  MWf  ihm  lb«  AtriwMi 

"  Lft  Hogoe"  now  retareed  homa ;  but  Pairj,  "  mz* 
ioua"  M  ho  WM  *'  to  ririt  onoe  more  the  ihorai  of  old 
Bagland,"  determined  to  remain  on  the  North  Atno^ 
ioan  station,  aa  the  moet  likeljr  meani  of  obtaining  hia 
long'deiired  atop.  He  was,  oonflor[uently,  appointed 
to  the  "  Maidetone,"  (80.)  The  Peace  of  Ohont,  the 
nowa  of  which  arrived  oarij  in  January,  1816,  proved, 
aa  he  had  anticipated,  a  still  fUrther  obstacle  to  the  • 
attainment  of  his  wishes,  and  the  letters  written  hj  him 
nt  this  tune  show,  painfUly,  the  sickening  efTuots  of 
'*  hope  definred."  Unwilling  to  quit  his  present  sto* 
tion,  and  so  lose  the  "  poor,  and  indeed  almost  hope* 
less,  chance  of  promotion,"  ho  sttoooeaivoljr  joined  the 
"Ardent,"  (64,) "  Carrou,"  (20,)  and  "  Niger,"  (Sa)  In  . 
November,  1816,  h«  writes: 

**  I  am  almost  tired  of  shifting  myself  and  my  baggage 
■o  often.  However,  it  can  not  be  helped,  and  we  ought 
to  endeavor  to  feel  oontentod,  when  wo  are  doing  the 
beat  we  can.  Ton  see,  my  dearest  parents,  that  I  am 
stlU  acting  on  that  principle,  to  wfaJoh  I  trust  I  have 
hitherto  adhared,  namely,  the  doing  what,  under  eiist- 
bg  eironmstaneas,  seems  to  me  to  be  most  right  .  .  . 
I  have  acted  on  this  flxed  principle  through  all  my  changes 
and  exchanges.** 

The  same  oonsdenttoos  attention  to  present  duty 
apiK'aiv  iu  a  letter,  written  at  this  time,  on  the  subjuol 


«» 


-,fM^^aA^l,'.l.a^»t,'atei^.tl'l,i!^ll'l^lia 


«■  w.  &  nUMT. 


II 


<  while  k« 
dooH  h«Mur 
I.    Indaod, 


rrj,  "wjx* 
)rM  of  old 
rth  Amor> 
ttiuing  hia 
•ppointeci 
}htintt  ^^* 
6,  proved, 
cle  to  ths  . 
«a  by  him 
:  effbota  of 
roMnt  Rta- 
noit  hopo* 
Joined  the 
•(88.)    In 


lybftggage 
I  we  ought 
doing  the 
thftt  I  am 
Mt  I  have 
ider  eiiUp 
iht   .   .f| 

Mont  datj 

ho  BttltjUOt 


of  |mw<««a«U^,  whioh  kmml  to  auurlnd  •  Awiuie  of 
hia  ohATMier  thrw^lKHil  UA I 

** I  lad  I M Mft  ^MelMlle  My  iMfi  IhMi any hedy 
•Im  thinka  ainiaary.  TMa  M|HUM«iiaUly  may  be  of 
aerloaa  eonaaqaaaaa  if  any  Ihiaf  ahonld  ha|ip«a{  and, 
though  a  eaptaUi  ahowM  wbk  al  tl,  U  k  not  he,  but  L 
who  ahonld  mAt  from  ll  |  heaidee,  U  k  a  bad  habit,  and 
a  peraon  who  at^ya  a  week  beyond  hk  leave  now  wttL 
the  next  Une,  probably  at^  ten  digra,  and  ao  on.** 

Bia  henlth,  in  thn  <»HT|Mrtor  his  lilk,  WMexoel. 
leni  "Aa  a  UeulMumt,**  bo  haa  anid,  "  I  omkI  to  won- 
der what  a  hfdagim  nmni  r  Omm.  howovw,  daring 
thia  period,  whUn  on  hk  wi^y  from  Bermudaa  lo  HaU- 
^  in  the  Menal,  (W.  m,  (now  Sir  Watkin  O. 
PeU,  Oommiaioaer  of  OrtaBiHoh  Hoapitnl,)  ho  wna 
aeiaod  with  n  aevora  alknk  of  '"^mmatittiL  The 
kindnea  of  Oaplnin  Ml,  who  imnodiaMy  piM«l  hia 
own  onbin  al  tho  dkpoad  of  iho  inTaUd,  loAadeep 
inpreaaioa  on  hia  mimi,  nnd  ho  nlw^i  woko  moat 

wara^y  of  tho  aMaotkMo  ho  rtoitfod  fbm  thia  offloor. 
Upon  landings  ho  obtaiaod  Ihioo  montha'  dok  ]«nm 

tho  flnt  put  of  which  wMptMdAl  tho  honitaL    At 
Hftlifcx  ho  m«lo  mai^  fHaadi^  and  nooirod  ao  muoh 

kmdaem  thai  ho  d«>Xai«d,  wh«t  tho  timo  omuo  ibr  hin 
to  Jdn  hia  ahiiH  thm  U  wm  Ukt  "kiTiag  homo.' 
With  tho  Admind\i  norolaiy,  QhnrioB  llutfr,  &q 
^otthiatima^ibnaad  «  ikof  Iht  okJ^iatoi^' 
"Ikm>wBot,»hoiV%"»  youBf  man  ia  ih^worid. 
for  whom  I  havo  aiiob  h%h  aolMm  and  iWMoi    21 

you  kw  him  «» twwi^yoMrMwIU  aniww  ibr  yorr 
diaoovonag  in  him,  evory  di^,.aQnolhln^  new  to  ail- 


umuitiMtmimkamm^ 


i 


03 


moioiu  01* 


mire.'  Tho  fHendship  ihos  formed  continued  after 
their  rotom  to  England,  and  remained  unbroken  until 
Mr.  Martyr's  death,  which  occurred  some  years  later. 
The  sorrow  which  Parry  folt  at  the  loss  of  this  valued 
friend,  proved,  as  will  be  seen,  the  means  of  marking 
the  advance  and  development  of  his  own  religious 
principles. 

Early  in  1817,  he  was  recalled  to  England,  in  con- 
sequence of  a  severe  family  affliction.  His  father  had, 
in  the  preceding  October,  been  seized  with  a  paralytic 
attack,  which  deprived  him  of  the  use  of  his  right 
side,  and  reduced  him,  for  the  remaining  six  years  of 
his  life,  to  a  state  of  great  sulSfering  and  helplessness. 
His  father's  illness,  and  his  own  despair  of  promotion, 
combined  to  render  this  the  gloomiest  period  of  our 
sailor's  life ;  but,  when  the  cloud  which  overhung  his 
fortunes  seemed  most  impenetrable,  an  opening  unex- 
pectedly occurred,  which  threw  a  gleam  of  encourage- 
ment over  his  darkened  professional  prospects,  and 
finally  proved  the  forerunner  of  success  and  renown. 
:  r  At  the  conclusion  of  the  war,  and,  consequently,  of 
active  service  on  a  Ibreign  station,  Parry,  while  yet  on 
the  coast  of  America,  had  been  anxious  fer  employ- 
ment in  some  expedition  fer  the  purpose  of  discovery. 
A  project  of  exploring  the  river  Ckmgo,  in  Africa, 
being  in  contemplation,  he  volunteered  for  this  service, 
but,  owipg  to  his  detention  at  Bermudas,  was  prevent- 
ed firom  joining  it  in  time.  The  travels  of  Olappwton 
had  interested  him  much,  and  his  attention  continued 
to  be  occupied  with  the  subject  of  African  discovery. 

About  the  close  of  the  year  1817,  in  which  he  re- 
turned to  England,  he  wrote  to  a  friend  on  this  sub- 
ject.   The  letter  was  written,  but  not  posted,  when  his 


•ittwkliHtit 


nued  after 
oken  until 
rears  later, 
ihis  valued 
f  marking 
1  religious 

id,  in  con> 
father  hod, 
A  paralytic 
'  his  right 
X  years  of 
ilplessness. 
promotion, 
iod  of  our 
erhung  his 
ling  unex- 
encourage- 
ipects,  and 
I  renown, 
[uently,  of 
lileyet  on 
)r  employ- 
disoovery. 
in  Africa, 
bis  service, 
B  prevent- 
Olappwton 
[Continued 
lisoovery. 
licih  he  re- 
I  this  8ub- 
I,  when  hitt 


■'-m 


^' 


S!B  W.  &  VASBT. 


•I 


eye  fell  on  a  paragraph  in  the  newspaper  reUitivo  to  an 
expedition  about  to  be  fitted  out  to  the  Northern 
Kogions.  He  seized  his  pen,  and  added  to  his  letter, 
by  way  of  postscript,  that,  as  far  as  he  was  concerned, 
"Hot  or  cold  was  all  one  to  him,  AiWca  or  the  Pole." 
The  friend  to  whom  the  letter  was  addressed,  sliowed 
it  to  Mr.  Barrow,  Secretary  of  the  Admiralty,  and  the 
well-known  patron  of  Arctic  disoovery.  In  a  few  days, 
Parry,  still  a  liontenant,  was  appointed  to  the  com- 
mand of  tho  "  Alexander*'  discovery  ship,  under  the 
orders  of  Commander  John  Boss  in  the  "  Isabella," 
"for  the  purpose  of  exploring  Baffin's  Bay,  and  ascer- 
taining the  probabilities  of  a  Nortii-West  Paasaire  to 
the  Picifla"  ^ 


-•-,*  '-■-)■"*■'"  .*' 


'  ♦ 


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1  iliiiii  iliii 


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84 


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Brief  Skehdi  of  Aretio  Dk  i^^ 
BeglouL 


^inknOf  to  1818-IM  in  tho  Fbhr 


One  dftj,  early  in  the  month  of  June,  1670,  when 
Greenwich  wm  a  royal  residenoe,  three  nnall  ships  lay 
mo(»ed  in  the  river,  opposite  the  polaoe.  A  queen  of 
England  stood  at  one  of  the  windows,  waving  her 
hand,  in  token  of  fioewell,  to  an  officer  standing  upon 
the  deck  of  the  larger  vessel  Nearly  three  huncbed 
yean  afterwards,  when  another  queen  sat  on  the  throne 
of  Elizabeth,  a  naval  officer,  travelling  in  all  haste 
flrom  the  north  of  our  island,  arrived  at  daybreak  in 
London,  and  announced  to  the  world,  that  ti^e  North* 
West  Passage  had  been  discovered.  These  three  cen* 
tuiies,  which  elapsed  between. the  departure  of  Sir 
Martin  Frobisher  from  Greenwich,  anu  the  arrival  of 
lieutenitnt  S.  G.  Oresswell  in  London  in  1868,  with 
despatches  from  Oaptain  IfOlure,  form  an  inteiesting 
episode  in  history,  being  the  time  occupied  in  the  solu> 
tion  of  that  problem,  which  Frobisher  pronounced  to 
be,  in  his  day,  '*  the  only  great  thing  left  undone  in  the 
world." 

The  discovery  of  the  continent  of  America,  at  the 
dose  of  the  fifteenth  century,  opened  out  a  wide  field 


t 


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W>«»»»WWi1»*Wi 


>M*iiMiiii  him  »w*!iwi  ■■>»  •iJittf»'»»mm<tt 


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I  —•>: 


Ub  in  tbo  Polar 

1670,  when 
tUshipBlay 
i  queen  of 
raving  her 
nding  upon 
eehuncUred 
L  the  ihrono 
Q  «U  haste 
aybreak  in 
Uie  Noiih* 
I  three  oen* 
ore  of  Sir 
arrival  of 
1868,  with 
intereating 
in  the  sola* 
Doonoed  to 
done  in  the 

rioa,  at  the 
kwide  field 


0 


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SIR  W.  M.  PABBT. 


H 


for  nanUoal  onterpriae.   The  flourishing  trade  of  Spain 
and  Portugal  in  the  Indian  Seaa,  stimulated  the  mer- 
chants of  EngUmd  to  seek  a  shorter  passage  thither 
than  that  by  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope.    Hence  a  seric* 
of  expeditions,  at  greater  or  less  intervals,  for  the  dis- 
covery of  a  "North-West  Passage  to  Oathaia  and 
lands  Oriental!."   Even  before  the  reign  of  Eli2!abeth, 
some  attempts  had  been  made  towards  this  object    In 
.   the  time  of  Henry  VII.,  Sebastian  Cabot,  then  only 
twenty-three  yeani  of  age,  considering  it  "a  thing 
more  divine  than  human,  to  sail  by  the  west  into  the 
east,  where  spices  do  growe,  felt  in  his  heart  a  great 
flame  of  desire  to  attempt  some  notable  thing."*    In 
those  days,  however,  so  Uttle  was  known  of  the  conti- 
nent of  America,  which  ky  as  a  great  barrier  between 
the  shores  of  England  and  the  East-Indies,  that  Cabot, 
after  saUing  "as  &r  as  the  66th  degree  under  our 
pole,"  and  "finding,  to  his  great  displeasure,  that  the 
knd  still  continued"  to  the  north,  rotraoed  his  st»pi  to 
the  southward,  as  far  as  Florida,  stOl  hoping  to  come 
vsroas  some  opening;  which  might  suit  his  purpose. 
It  is  mentioned,  in  aome  aooounts,  that  his  progress  to 
the  northward  was  stopped  by  "such  ooulde  and 
heapes  of  yse,"  that  he  durst  pass  no  fUrther;  also, 
that  he  found  "the  days  very  long,  and,  in  a  manner, 
irithout  nyghte."    On  his  return  to  Enghmd,  Cabot 
^as  prevented  firom  proseoutmg  his  discoveries  by  the 
.-obeUion  of  Perkin  Warbeok,  and  the  war  with  "Scot- 
and.    The  impulse,  however,  given  by  his  eflbrta  to 
Arotio  research,  stirred  up  others  to  imitate  his  ex- 
ample.   Portugal  was,  at  this  time,  one  of  the  great 

{,  *  ShOUngbir.    NamtiT*  of  Aiolie  DiMwveiy. 


"■•"■••••■''**'  ■■  '■'  ''. 


iifi«inriffrii«liii,i't-Trai£,--,ife;^ 


u 


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innionui  ov 


naval  powers  of  Europe,  and  tho  oonntrymen  of  Yoaoo 
di  Qanm  were  not  likely  to  leave  to  England  the  sole 
ei^ojment  of  the  IhiitB  of  this  new  field  of  enterprise. 
Aooordinglj,  Gaspor  de  Oortereol,  a  Portuguese  of 
high  rank,  sailed  ftnm  Lisbon  in  1500,  and  returned 
to  that  port  tho  next  year,  having  made  his  way  na  ftr 
as  tho  coast  of  Labrador,  and  bringing  back  with  him 
several  of  the  nativeg,  as  trophies  of  those  hitherto 
unknown  regions.  Ho  sailed  again  the  next  year  to 
follow  up  his  discoveries,  but  was  never  heard  of  more. 
His  brother  Michael  went  in  search  of  him,  but  he,  too, 
never  returned.  A  third  brother  offered  to  follow,  but 
tho  King  Emmanuel  reftised  to  permit  him  to  tempt  a 
similar  fate,*  and  the  loss  of  the  two  Gortereals  will 
ever  remain  one  of  the  impenetrable  mysteries  of 
Arctic  story,  a  foretaste  of  that  more  prolonged  tragedy 
which  has  been  witneflsed  by  our  own  generation. 

Frobisher  was  the  first  Englishman  who  sailed  in 
command  of  an  expedition  for  the  disoovery  of  a 
North-West  Passage,  Oabot  being  of  Venetian  extrati* 
tion,  though  his  nautical  &me  was  gained  under  tho 
English  flog.  The  first  voyage  of  the  former  was 
signalised  by  the  disoovery  of  the  strait,  %hich  bears 
his  name,  but  its  more  immediate  results  were  singular. 
Among  the  ouriosities  brought  home  by  him  was  « 
piece  of  black  stone,  in  appearance  much  like  ordinary 
sea  coal.  This,  on  being  throwii  into  the  fii*e,  and 
"quenched  with  vinegar,"  q>arkled  like  gold.  The 
news  soon  spread,  like  wildfire,  that  the  "New  Coun* 
trie*'  was  to  prove  a  mine  of  wealth,  and  two  e:q9edi« 
tions  were  successively  fitted  out  by  Frobicftter,  for  the 

*  WiHllnRhir.    Namtlfo  of  Arotte  Htmsonrj. 


.*'^:*-'' 


W' 


•*<••— MHMii 


nofVaaoo 
d  the  sole 
enterprise, 
buguese  of 
i  returned 
way  tmhr 
:  with  him 
le  hitherto 
xtyear  to 
"d  of  more. 
>ut  he,  too, 
follow,  but 
to  tempt  a 
serealfl  will 
'sterica  of 
ed  tragedy 
ation. 
>  sailed  in 
very  of  a 
an  extrati* 
under  the 
irmer  was 
hick  bears 
e  singular, 
lim  was  f 
e  ordinary 
I  fli«e,  and 
;old.  The 
Tew  Coan- 
TO  e:q9edi> 
ler,  for  the 


, 


SIB  W.  B.  FABBT. 


87 


'■■'.N'* 


purpose  of  obtaining  ore;  the  last  was  on  a  brge 
scale,  embracing  a  scheme  of  settlement,  which,  how- 
eyor,  ended  in  nothing.  The  supposed  precious  metal 
seems  to  have  been,  in  reality,  nothing  more  than 
particles  of  micaceous  sand,  or,  according  to  another 
conjecture,  the  glistening  mineral  known  as  Labrador 
spar. 

The  buwtmg  of  this  glittering  bubble  left  «he  minds 
of  our  countrymen,  once  more,  open  to  the  considera- 
tion of  the  less  visionary  object  of  Arotio  exploration. 
Repealed  Mures  only  served  to  kmdle  afiesh  the 
"  flame  of  desire"  to  accomplish  the  long-sought  pas- 
sage between  the  two  great  oceans.    In  the  two  cen- 
turies, which  succeeded  Frobisher's  hut  voyage,  many 
expedition*  were  4tted  out  at  the  public  expense,  and 
many  more  at  the  cost  of  private  individuals,  who 
formed  themselves  mto  companies  for  this  purpose.* 
Among  the  disooveries  to  which  these  gave  rise,  those 
of  I^viB^  Hudson,  and  Baffin,  are  most  worthy  of 
mention.    Thn  latter  was  the  first  to  oiroumnftvigate 
the  extensive  bay,  or  rather  sea,  which  bears  his  name, 
and,  to  the  aoonraoy  of  his  obaervations,  testimony  has 
been  repeatedly  borne  by  later  navigatom.    To  him 
we  owe  the  disoovery  of  Smith's  Sound,  which,  there 
is  now  every  reascm  to  believe^  is  the  passage  separat* 
ing  Oreenland  from  the  opposite  coast,  thereby  proving 
the  truth  of  Burleigh's  ooigeoture,  that "  Groynelande 

*  Tha  flnt  oonpaigr  of  moAdiMti  enr  inootponted  by  Ohwter  bt 
Bngtaod  to  Mid  to  be  oM  temod  In  165S.  Their  capital  waa  only 
MOM,  with  rnkkh  tbne  Mf»  wan  fitted  out  under  tha  oommand  ot 
Sir  Hugh  WUhn^by,  wh<s  with  Isia  whole  aUp'a  oompcar,  waa  <h)MB 
to  death  off  the  ooaat  of  lapland,  in  aUempting  to  «me  a  north-eaat 
pMHge  to  lBdla.>-OMHt  An.  TiiL  p.  US. 
8* 


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08 


HBMont  oy 


is  an  idande."  It  was  Baffin,  too,  who  laid  down  in 
our  oharta  the  name  of  Sir  Jamoa  Lancaster's  Sound, 
the  entrance  of  which  remained  barred  to  European 
enterprise  for  two  centuries,  until  its  icy  gates  opened 
to  admit  the  "Hecla*'  and  "Oriper"  under  Lieut. 
Parry. 

In  all  the  northern  expeditions  of  the  sixteenth  and 
seventeenth  centuries,  England  held  £ur  the  most  con- 
spicuous place.  At  times,  however,  her  example 
roused  the  emulation  of  other  countries  to  enter  the 
lists  of  Arctic  discovery.  'As  early  as  the  reign  of 
Francis  I.,  a  French  squadron,  under  Oartier,  Tisited 
the  Qulf  of  St.  Lawrence,  and  gave  the  first  impulse 
to  the  colonization  of  Ouiada.  The  Dutch,  in  1694, 
dispatched  three  successive  expeditions,  under  the  ill* 
fiited  Barents,  along  the  nortibera  shores  of  Bussia, 
penetrating  as  fiur  as  Nova  Zembla!  The  Danes,  also, 
a  nation  of  brave  seamen,  in  the  seventeenth  century, 
stimulated  by  the  sucoesses  of  Hudson  and  Baffin,  sent 
out  several  expeditions  in  the  same  direction;  aU  of  '. 
which  resulted  in  disaster  and  disappointment  Behr* 
ing,  who  has  given  his  name  to  the  strait  which  di* 
vides  the  two  great  continents  of  Asia  and  America, 
was  also  a  Dane  by  birth;  but  his  discoveries  were 
made  under  the  auspices  of  Bussia,  and  owe  their 
origin  to  the  eneigetio  mind  of  Peter  the  Great  The 
Empress  Catharine,  in  sending  out  the  expjsdition 
under  his  command,  was  only  following  out  the  wishes 
of  her  imperial  husband,  who^  on  his  death-bed,  had 
drawn  up  instructions  for  the  purpose.*  Behring,  like 
fell  a  victim  to  disease,  in  H^jf^^j^,^ 


*  BUDinf^ir,  p.  141. 


M<W«UW*"lW«'<WT>siMltf«ii  BftlMOirtWMiWIWh***— <i*.*a'li 


aiB  W.  K.  PABBT. 


id  down  in 
er'g  Sound, 
European 
tea  opened 
der  Lieut. 

toonth  and 
}  most  con* 
r  example 
3  enter  the 
B  reign  of 
ier,  Tiaited 
nst  impulse 
h,  in  1694, 
ier  the  ill* 
of  Boaaia, 
>ane8,  also, 
h  oentoiy, 
Baffin,  sent 
ion;  all  of 
nt  Behjc- 
which  di- 
1  America, 
reries  were 
owe  iheir 
teat  The 
ezpjBdition 
the  wishes 
ti-bed,  had 
ihring,  like 
tdflt  of  the 

Pf^f^  ^..Tf^.t   "~r 


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scene  of  all  his  hopes  and  disappointments,  and  his 
crew  returned  with  difficulty  to  their  native  country. 

We  now  come  to  the  commencement  of  the  present 
centuiy ;  and  hero  we  may  pause  for  a  moment  to  see 
what  had  been  done  towards  the  discovery  of  the 
North- West  Passage.    The  existence  of  a  polar  aea 
could  not  be  doubted;   fop  Heame  and  Mackenzie* 
had  viewed  it  from  its  southern  shore  at  the  mouths  of 
the  Coppermine  and  Mackenzie  rivers.    The  western 
entrance  of  this  sea  had  been  opened  \y  Behring ;  and, 
towards  the  close  of  the  hist  century,  Oaptam  Oook 
crossed  its  threshold,  and  penetrated  as  far  as  Icy  Cape. 
The  eastern  door  was  entirely  closed  and  unknown. 
Between  the  west  shore  of  Baffin's  Bay  and  Icy  Oape, 
the  chart  presented  a  blank,  broken  only  by  the  head- 
lands, which  marked  the  estuaries  of  the  two  great 
rivers  above  named. 

With  the  nineteenth  century,  a  new  ei»  dawned  on 
Arctio  history.  Within  a  space  of  thirty-five  years, 
ftom  1818  to  1868,  successive  expeditious  left  our 
Acres,  each  remlting  in  varied  success,  and  the  contri- 
btttion  of  much  valuable  scientiac  information ;  until, 
at  length,  the  crewof  M'Olure's  sh^'passed  homewgid 
through  Lancaster  Sound,  having  entered  the  Polta 
Sea  fiom  the  western  side. 

To  the  late  Sir  John  Barrow,  Seoratwy  of  the  Admi. 
ralty,  is  owing  the  pTwtical  revival  of  this  inter^ting 
question  in  the  minds  of  our  countrymen.  He  strongly 
niged  the  neeessity  of  accomplishing  that  discovery  to 
which  our  old  navigat^ws  had  led  the  way ;  and  of  not 
allowing  others,  espeoiaUy  Bussia,  "a  naval  power  of 

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but  jorteniUy,"  to  nuktoh  fiom  Britain  tho  ibo&or  oi 
loiving  thia  groat  probleno.  Bat  the  itrongo«t  argU' 
ment  urged  waa  the  inoreoied  probability  of  auooeaa, 
ariaing  (max  tlie  diardption  of  the  vaat  flelda  of  ioe, 
which,  for  more  than  four  oenturiea,  had  blockaded 
the  ahorea  of  Old  Qreenland.  Thia  llKst  waa  iUUy  ot- 
teated  by  the  reporta  of  whalen  and  other%  who^  while 
they  found  the  higher  latitudea  ooroparativoly  tm 
ttom  obatruotion,  met  w*th  icebergs  and  iahmda  of 
packed  ioe  &r  to  the  aouthward  of  their  original  fiiat> 


In  oonaequenoe  of  theae  conaidoratiooa  a  phm  waa 
drawn  up  by.  Sir  John,  then  Mr.  Barrow,  which  reault* 
od  in  onion  being  issued  by  the  Admiralty,  for  tho 
preparation  of  four  ahipa,  to  be  appropriated  to  the  ser- 
vice in  question— two,  for  the  aearoh  of  a  paaaage  fVom 
the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific  *,  and  two,  to  proceed  fh>m 
the  Sea  of  Spitsbergen  toward  the  North  Pole. 

Having  thua  briefly  traced  the  hiatory  oi  formw  ex- 
peditions for  the  diacovory  of  a  North-Wert  Passage, -it 
may  be  well  to  oonaider  the  peeuliar  charaotoriatioa  of 
the  aervice  on  whioh  the  orewa  of  theae  ahipa  were  em- 
ployed. 

It  ia  a  strange  lifodn  which  the  seaman  entera,  when 
(moo  hia  vesael  haa  made  th't  ioe  of  the  Northern  Seaa. 
Till  that  moment,  the  dangsn  he  haa  encountered  have 
been  auch  aa  hia  nautical  eiqwrience  haa  taught  him  to 
avoid  or  meet;  but,  the  ice  once  around  him,  all  is 
changed.  At  thia  critical  moment,  when  he  ftela  that 
the  perils  of  an  almost  untried  and  uncertain  naviga- 
tion call  for  every  aid  that  hia  akill  can  auggeat,  he  ii^ 
gradually,  deprived  of  that  friendly  help,  which  he  haa 


"P" 


)  IboDor  <d 
igMt  argU' 
ci  toooea, 
dda  of  ioe, 
blookodiMl 
M  tallj  at- 
who,  while 
itivolj  free 
udandi  of 
rigiuidfiut* 

A  planwM 
bioh  result- 
[ty,  for  the 
1  to  the  ser- 
UMOgefirom 
ooeed  from 
ole. 

fonoMrex- 
iPMMge,it 
storiBtioi  of 
»  were  em- 

item,  when 
thernSeu. 
stered  have 
ighthim  to 
him,  all  ia 
«fte]athat 
lin  naviga- 
!Beat,heii^ 
luohhehaa 


■IB  w.  a.  rAutr.  H 

•Iwaji  regarded  aa  hia  mainntaj  in  the  hour  of  need. 
Baoh  dajr,  ai  he  approaohea  nearer  to  the  magnotio 
pole  of  the  earth,  tlie  oompaaa  bocotnas  more  alugginh, 
until,  at  length,  it  ia  "  thrown  aside  an  uaelcas  lum- 
ber."* The  wind  riaea  to  a  gale,  and,  instead  of  the 
rooks  and  shoala,  which,  on  other  aeaa,  ollbr,  if  we  ma/ 
ao  say,  only  a  passive  resistance  to  the  sailor'a  course, 
here  looao  froaen  maam  dash  against  the  vomoI's  side, 
with  a  violence  which  no  akiil  or  chart  can  ovoid. 
Well  might  the  British  mariner,  two  centuries  ago,  be 
affrighted  by  the  "  very  loothsome  noise  "f  "o  new  to 
hia  e&fB,  when  an  Arotto  navigator  of  our  own  days 
desoribea  it  as  auch,  tbut  "  the  ordore  of  the  officers  and 
men  could  aoaroely  be  hcard,"^  aa  they  toUed  through 
the.heavily-hulen  breakera. 

Strange  too  and  mogniaoent,  in  approaching  the 
portala  of  the  Northern  Ocean,  must  be  the  flrat  sight 
of  the  huge  floating  mountains  of  ioe,  past  which  the 
vessel  glidea— thair  upper  anow-cappod  surfkoe,  of  ala- 
baatfflr  white,  sparkling  in  the  sun,  and  contrasting 
with  the  beautiAU  aaura  of  the  base,  against  which  the 
surf  ia  daahing.§  These  giants  of  the  North  arc,  at 
once,  the  fHend  and  foe  of  the  adventurous  navigator. 
Now  he  courts  their  proximity,  making  fiist  to  them 
for  security,  or  slowly  hauling  past  their  huge  sides ; 
while,  at  other  times,  he  steers  wide  of  the  glistening 
masses,  fearing  lest,  Uke  the  &bled  rocks  of  Orecilh 

^:,  f  Wvmooth'a  YojH*  in  ItM.    8hfflii«hir,  p.  19. 

$  The  lata  Admlnl  hamAnj't  VamtlnortlM  vorMogf  Um  "Oon. 
Aa."  ud  "Tf^nt,"  la  1818.  ^^  ^    ^ 

|8af»MoaBlorPwi3r,8ooiwi)j;MidoUMn.  '     ?  V/^';* 


.c.ri«' liriiv  ■»  »■■,.■',., -,t I,'  "'•'--•■■--rirfr'jrtlliiiriri 


H 


it  lOMOUM  OV 


•lorj,  th«j  thrald  mMi  and  orath  hk  frail  bark,  or, 
peruhiinoe,  loM  tUmr  baUnoe,  tatd  Uil  upoa  him.  In 
ttiis  iMtor  oa«,\  it  is  but  ih'^rt  WMmlng  that  it  gi\  en. 
The  louDd  of  •  vuio«,  the  firing  of  »  gun,  or  a  blow 
with  a  boatrhook,  ia  often  enough  to  delaoh  the  looeened 
fragmenta,  and  endanger  the  equUibrinm  of  the  whole. 
Down  into  ttie  aea,  with  a  noiae  aa  cf  thnnder,  fklhi  the 
moontab,  for  a  moment  diaappearing  firom  view ;  then, 
suddenly,  in  the  midrt  of  a  oloud  of  foam,  shooting  up 
again  into  the  air.  For  a  while  it  rooks  to  and  fW)^  as 
if  uncertain  of  its  new  position ;  into  which,  at  last,  it 
graduallj  sabsides,  while  streams  of  water  pour  fhun 
ita  sur&oe,  glistening  with  emerald  hues  in  the  rajs  of 
the  sun.* 

Various  and  fkntastic  are  the  fiMrnis  assumed  by  thsM 
mountains  of  ioe,  to  deoeive  or  amuse  the  sailor.  At 
whiks,  the  ofy  of  "  a  sail "  startles  him,  and,  half  doubt- 
ing, half  hopeftU,  he  prepares  his  paoket  of  home  let- 
ters, all  to  no  purpose.  Again,  his  fimoy  s[»eads  b*- 
fore  him,  gorgeous  in  tints  of  gold  and  emerald,  a  pal* . 
aoe  not  unwcrdiy  of  fiuryland,  withorystal  oolonnades^ 
and  diamond-studded  gate*— or,  onoe  move,  it  ia  a  huge 
parilion  that  meets  his  eye,  tnm  whose  entranoe  he  al< 
most  ezpeote  some  unoouth  form  to  issua^  to  do  the 
honois  of  the  North,  and  weloome  the  strangers  to  his 
ftoienabode.t 

4b  these  regions  all  is  rude  and  oolossaL  Th^  huge 
ioe  mountain,  itself  hundrudi  of  feet  in  height,  is  but  a 
small  fragment  of  a  vast  glacier  <m  the  shore,  extend* 
ing  often  for  two  or  three  miles  inland.    The  separa* 

*JoanMl(runVo]n«iMizlC«nPdbini^pMrX  RBallci    '^  "^' 
♦  IbM. 


MB  W.  ■.  VAHIT. 


M 


U  bark,  or, 
B  him.  In 
bt  ifl  giv  en. 
,  or  A  blow 
b«  looMoed 
'  lh«  whol^. 
•r,  fklli  th« 
iew;  then, 
hooting  up 
and  fro,  M 
^  At  lMt,it 
pour  from 
th«  r»ji  of 

adbytbtM 
Milor.  At 
half  doubt* 
r  home  let- 
i]»<Mdi  b»> 
nld,  aptd* 
nlonnadei, 
it  is  a  huge 
anoe  he  id- 
,  to  do  the 
gentohi« 

The  huge 
It,  i»  but  a 
re,  Qftend* 
lie  aepara- 


tion  of  the  berg  from  its  parent  field  hae  been  deacribed 
by  an  uyc-witnev  of  the  avalanche. 

"  TbiN  ooaurrad  on  a  remarkably  fine  day,  when  the 
■tillneas  of  the  bay  waa  flrat  interrupted  by  the  noise 
of  the  fiklling  body.  We  Itad  approached  one  of  these 
stupendous  walls  of  ioo,  and  were.oudoaroring  tosearoh 
into  the  innermost  reoesaes  of  a  deep  WTem  near  the 
foot  of  the  glaoier,  when  we  heard  a  report,  as  of  a  can* 
non,  and,  turning  to  the  quarter  fh>m  whence  it  pro- 
oeeded,  we  peroeired  an  immeoae  piece  of  the  (iront  of 
thu  berg  sliding  down  from  the  height  of  200  feet,  at 
least,  into  the  sea,  and  diqwrsing  the  water  in  every 
dirootion,  accompanied  by  a  load  grinding  noise,  fol- 
lowed  by  a  quantity  of  water,  which,  being  previously 
lodged  in  fissures,  now  made  its  escape  in  numherleas 
small  cataracts  over  the  front  of  the  glacier.'''* 

All  in  keeping  too  with  the  scene  are  the  wonders 
of  animated  nature.  Hera,  spouting  the  water  from 
hk  nostrils,  a  whals  lies  badcing  on  the  sttr&oe  of  tho 
sea,  until,  alarmed  by  the  unwonted  introaion  on  his 
solitude,  he  suddenly  dives  head  foremost,  lashing  tho 
water  into  ibam  with  his  broad-forked  tail  There,  the 
scene  will  be  dirersifled  by  a  walrus,  fiMrmidi^le  wHh 
its  huge  tusks  and  ponderous  bulk,  reclining  laisufely 
on  the  brink  of  the  ice,  or  moving  sedately  about  in 
one  of  the  pools  of  water.  A  litUe  fiirther  on,  a  seal 
is  lying  in  wait  at  the  edge  of  a  hole,  watching  his  op- 
portnnity  to  dive  after  a  fish;  while  above,  on  aledge 
of  the  berg,  or  rode,  a  great  white  bear,  himself  on  the 
look-out  for  the  seal,  alarmed  by  the  dip  of  our.^  or  the 
strange  sound  of  human  voices,  plunges  head  foremoitt 

*  BMolMjr's  NamrtlTth  « 


'^^■-■'  ■'"■"'^"'-iii^iiirri 


04 


MBMOUM  W 


! 


b'to  Um  m%  over  a  predpioe  nmnj  fiwt  in  hoiKbi. 
Bhould  bia  viaitom  b«  al  Idaare  fur  a  ohaae,  be  i«  nol' 
let  off  thoa  eaailjr ;  and  tbe  exoitomeiil  of  a  boar-hunt 
i«  UMualljr  too  attraotire  for  tbo  op|iortunity  to  bo  al- 
lowed to  Nlip. 

Tbe  ejre  of  tbe  mariner  ia  now  dirouted  npwarda,  and 
lioru  Nature  aoemi,  in  a  manner,  to  obango  bur  oourae, 
and  work  aigna  and  wondora  in  the  hoaviMi  over  boad. 
Now,  tbo  aun  appeara  no  longer  oirauUr,  but  of  an 
oval  form— or,  perbapa,  tb«e  ia  no  longer  one  aun  in 
tho  akj,  bat  two  auoa  mock  hia  wondering  gaao ;  and, 
iu  like  manner,  at  night,  two  moona  abed  tlioir  ailvury 
beama  on  the  gliate&ing  ioeberga,  past  which  the  vomuI 
glidea  in  her  phantom-like  oourae.*  Again,  the  whole 
of  one  qoarter  of  the  heavwia  ia  illnminatad  with  golden 
raya,  dimmiiig  the  radiance  of  moon  and  atara,  while 
fliokaring  ahalta  ot  light  ahoot  awiAlj  apwarda  to  tho 
■enith.  The  ignorant  native  of  theae  fW>aen  aborea, 
when  he  aeea  theae  gUttering  portenta,  criea  aloud  to 
hia  oomradeia^  that  "  the  apirita  of  the  air  are  ruahing 
bj."  The  wiaer  British  aeaman  gaaea  in  aoaroe  leaa 
wonder  at  the  aight,  bat  he  knowa  that  he  ia  nigh  Uio 
"  birth.pboe  of  the  Aurora  Borealia"t 

Onward  apeeda  the  ahip— but  now  the  ice  gathen 
oloeer,  and  her  aitoation  beoomea,  each  hoar,  xuon  and 
more  periloua.  Onoe  oaaght  in  the  "  pack,"  aho  ia  en* 
tirelyatitameroj.  Inatonoea  have  been  known,  where 
a  reawl  haa  drifted,  helpleaalj  and  hopeleatiy,  fbr 
BOQrea,  naj,  hundreda  of  milea,  without  poaaibilitiy  of 


^■^-■i- 


t.        » 


It  in  hoiKbl. 

JM,  he  i«  Tiol* 

a  boArliunt 

lit/  to  be  •!• 

ipwanU,  and 
9  )i»r  oounw, 
n  over  huad. 
r,  but  of  an 
'  ooo  lun  in 
fga»);  and, 
thoir  nlvorjr 
sh  tha  voMul 
D,  the  whole 
with  golden 
■tan^  while 
irarda  to  tite 
MMn  thorai, 
iea  aloud  to 
are  ruahing 
I  aoaroe  Iam 
I  ia  nigh  Uie 

ke  gatben 
r,  mon  and 
,"  iho  ia  en* 
town,  whora 
Hiiemiy,  for 
Msibilit;/  of 


■  J 

1 


M»  w.  a.  rAMir. 


«• 


Aitrioation.*  Al  limai^  ako  ia  viJaitlljr  heared  up, 
hi^h  anJ  dry,  abort  tha  Mirim  of  IIm  iots  and  then 
ac; >!n  da-.b'sd  down  ialo  tiM  hoUowi^  bar  liraben  gman* 
ing,  ar'i  hor  rumIb  qt'-^ag  with  Ibe  abook.  The 
idcill  oi'  the  mm  .;.<i  ia  of  no  avail.  Admiral  U«i«h«7 
reUtoa  that,  \^  .  ,ut  oa»\  **  U)«  molktn  of  tba  ahip  waN 
m  great,  that  t^ie  e^ipV  ball,  wbiob,  in  the  hehvioat 
galo  :i  n<l,  had  Bero;  msk  of  itaell^  now  tolled  ao 
ooot  nuat  /,  that  il  wm  oiderad  to  be  muffled,  Ibr  the 
purpoao  uf  eaoaping  the  unpleaM'  >  r>  "nueialiona  it  waa 
oalottlalod  to  exoHek**  OfWtt  whm  'ttm  pwiloua  oriiiia 
wema  frlhaat  off;  it  ii\  ia  leali^,  moal  imninMii  On 
tbe  21at  Auguat,  16M,  two  abipis  a  aleamer  and  a 
trant  y  ft,  wera  driAlag;  in  QioM^jNpaoInd  ioe,  at  tlie 
entranoe  of  Wellingtoii  Obaanel.  Tbero  waa  aoarooly 
anj  wind,  and  none  dieamad  of  danger  olcae  at  band. 
All  at  onee^  tbe  waleh  on  board  l£a  tianapori  wore 
alarmed,  bj  tbe  andden  and  unaoooonlable  oloaing  in 
(tf  tbe  ioa  around  them.  There  waa  nol  eten  time  to 
give  notice  to  tbe  aleepcm  in  the  hammooka  botow, 
wlMn  tbej  were  awakened  hj  tbe  ftnriVU  aound  of  tho 
ice  oraahing  in  al  the  bown  In  leai  than  fifteon  min< 
tttea  from  the  Aral  alarm,  the  "Breadalbane"  waa 
oruihed,  and  engnUbd  in  the  henving  ieo,  her  orew  hav< 
ing  onl/Jual  time  to  tmpe  with  their  Uvenf    Tho 


*  Tlw  Ammkam  wmMt^  ttfaHHm  WMltr  UtnH,  4»  Bane,  In 

mi.  wMOMfM,  i*  iMt  «n^  Ihat  Mm  MoMlior  W«IIIii|«imi  OmmkI, 
Umuih  LaiiaMHf  tMwl,  mm  mf  iwrm  liAa*!  Daj,  JU  **  Reto- 
loK'' atoadoadl  k  lUI,  •  NMll  to  Mm  •WMh<«Ml  tr  IfaMlto  IiiMd. 
WM  atlorwwd  iwM  ia  Diftvtt  (MNMa  lM««i«  <IHItol  a  4IMMM  or  KlMMtl 
ItOOmilML  Or  jMM«0lvtonM^kilM%*UM,laUMpMk4o^ 
tm  Leopold  IiiIm4  to  ^Ma^l  Jhf^tlMAHllkmikk 
t  Wr  Bdmnl  B4olMr>i  MlMtolMi^  IIU. 


*.-■■ 


---•to  -fj  MM^tti^a 


«6 


,.,..„,mi,.mii  .m  III  jiii!ii»iliiHiiHijMiir'«ii  mi  lyj  '  ii^"!.,fi|M>.^.i,- 

aOKOIBS  ov    • 


speoteton  of  the  catastrophe,  from  the  deck  of  tae 
'•Phoenix,"  scarcely  knew  that  anything  unusual  had 
occurred,  when  the  transport  saidc  before  their  eyes, 
her  pendant  fluttering  in  the  breeze,  as  she  vanished 
from  their  view.  •;■./>  >  i  ■*•  i*--  "^  ■/  r.i  is  ,<■  "^m  m  .,y.Wj 
But,  for  the  present,  let  till  suppose  these  dangers  to 
have  been  avoided,  aud  that  the  long  Arctic  winter  is 
now  &st  approaching.  As  the  brief  summer  draws  to 
a  close,  the  vessel,  still  slowly  advancing  through  the 
intervals  of  open  water,  is  gradually  arrested  in  her 
course  by  the  rapid  formation  of  the  "young  ice  "  on 
the  surface.  Often,  with  all  sails  set,  and  a  fidr  bieese 
astern,  she  remains  motionless,  reminding  the  bafSed 
crew  of  Gulliver,  helpless  in  the  toils  of  his  LilKpntian 
antagonists.*  The  wamin^^  ig  not  slighted,  and  a  con* 
yenient  spot  is  selected  for  winter  quarten.  The  union 
jack  is  hoisted  on  shore,  and  the  ship  is,  in  a  few 
houn^  firmly  fW>zen  in,  her  topmasts  struck,  and  the 
upper  deck  securely  housed  over,  with  the  prospect  of 
well  nigh  three  quarters  of  a  year  d  helpless  dunmee 
in  her  icy  fetters.  Shorter,  and  still  shorter,  grows 
the  scanty  daylight  Magnificent  hues  of  gold,  purple, 
and  crimson,  in  the  clear  sky,  attend  the  liidng  and 
setting  oi  the  slowly  departing  sun,t  as  fhou^  to  com* 
pensate  for  the  long  period  of  darkness  now  so  near  at 
hand.  At  length,  fh>m  the  masthead,  his  orb  is  seen 
to  set  for  the  Utft  time.  The  dreary,  sunless  n|ght  c^ 
three  months  has  b^gun.  Bay  after  day,  the  craddng 
timbers  of  the  imprisoned  vessel  attest  the  g<radual 
deocsnt  of  the  mercury.  Before  many  days  the  mer* 
oory  itadtf  is  firoKen  in  the  tube,  the  beer  refhses  to  fer- 


•  Tmfa  Vojmgoi. 


fllfc 


■iisaiiWi 


leok  of  tae 
niunial  had 
their  ejes, 
le  vanished 

Jj"i   Hi  .f-,-. iw 

dtngera  to 
10  winter  ia 
er  draws  to 
hroagh  tho 
ited  in  her 
ng  ice  "  on 
fidr  breese 
the  baffled 
LilKpatian 
and  a  con* 
The  union 
I,  in  a  few 
tk,  and  the 
prospect  of 
mdunmoe 
iter,  grows 
oldipuple, 
liidng  and 
ightocom* 
r  so  near  at 
orb  is  seen 
»n|ghtctf 
tecraddng 
lie  gradual 
s  th«  me^ 
Usestofer- 


T 


'4 


Sm  W.  H.  PAUT. 


«f 


meat,  and  the  spirits  and  vinegar  are  congealed  into  ft 
solid  mass  in  the  cask.* 

Beyond  the  shelter  of  ihe  vessel,  there  is  little  to 
cheer  the  already  sufBdently  depressed  spirits.    In 
calm  weather,  it  is  possible  to  stir  abroad  without  any 
serious  inoonvenienoe.    But  there  is  not  mucii  to  tempt 
one  outside.    With  the  exception  of  a  few  gaunt 
wolves,  whose  hungry  howl  is  constantly  heard  near 
the  ships,  and  the  little  Arctic  fox,  in  his  winter  coat 
of  snowy  white,  the  ammal%  which  might  have  lured 
the  hunter  to  the  chase,  have  left  the  bleak  inheri- 
table coast  for  a  more  genial  southern  region.    To  scar 
ward,  all  that  meets  the  wearied  eye  is  one  monotor.oua 
sur&ce  of  ice,  unbioken,  save  by  a  &w  "  hummocks  " 
thrown  up,  here  and  there^  above  the  general  level — 
while  the  shore  presents  one  waste  of  dasading  snow.  ._ 
When  the  snowdrift  vi  stirred  by  the  wind,  ei^xMure, 
as  in  the  "  tourmente  "  of  the  Alps,  becomes  almost 
oertain  death.    If  the  imprudent  straggler  at  length 
succeeds  in  making  his  way  bade,  his  looks  are  wild, 
his  words  indistinct  and  nunUing,  like  those  of  a 
drunken  man,  and  he  is  fortunate,  if  he  escape  with  the 
low  of  his  ftcMt-bitten  fingers,  stiffisned  to  the  shape  of 
the  musket  stock,  or  stafl^  which  he  eairies  in  .his 
hand.*    For  the  use  of  those  who  venture  to  a  distfmoe 
from  the  ship,  finger-posts  aze  planted  on  neighboring 
heists,  panting  towards  the  winter  quarters.  But  the 
strange  xefraoting  power  of  the  atmosphere  is  »  con* 
stent  source  of  deception.    To  guide  his  steps  in  the 
waste,  the  traveUtf  singles  out  with  his  eye  what  he 
conceives  to  be  a  lofty  rook,  at  scnue  distance,  bu^  after 

•  Pury'i Vbyajfes.       -.  ^^ 


^¥l 


.mfm^"m}^i^^  HPH.ii^i  1^  iiLWiWP 


f 


%" 


I' 


■E. 
If 


7    - 

In 


ft- ; 


»'iHi.;iM.iw.i|Hi<;|,mH'i|fif 


68 


Mantom  ov 


ft  few  paooi,  Btnmbloi  orer  •  null  ttone  in  hk  pftUi. 
A  benr,  to  all  appmranoe  k  deioried,  watching  the  ship 
with  hongiy  eyes  ftom  the  top  of  ft  oli£  A  party  is 
hastilj  formed,  who  arm  thMoaalvea  with  guns  and 
pikeiB,  and  mlly  forth  for  the  ohaae,  dividing  into  two 
bands  to  cut  off  Brain's  retreat  Meanwhife  the  ani- 
mal decamps,  and  all  marrel  at  the  unwonted  agility 
of  the  nnwiddy  monster.  Bat  the  mystery  is  soon 
solved.  A  sailor  paniuea,  and,  in  c  fow  minutes,  re* 
turns,  holding  in  Us  hand  a  small  Arotio  fox,  tiie  real 
ol^jeot  of  all  those  alarming  preparations.* 

Bat  even  a  PoJar  winter  has,  «t  last,  an  end.  A 
seaman  climbs  a  hill,  and  reports  that  he  has  aotnally 
seen  the  sun,  whose  beam%  ere  many  days,  once  more 
foil  on  the  housings  of  the  imprisoned  ship.  His  orb, 
,  is  yet,  in  reality,  below  the  hoiiaon,  and  his  fl»t  ap> 
pearanoe,  is  owing  to  reAnetion,  but  il  is  enough— the 
long  night  is  over,  and  the  hearts  of  all  are  gladdcined. 
It  is  long  before  his  rays  gain  any  power,  but,  when 
this  is  once  the  case,  tiie  scene  dhanges  rapidly.  The 
snow  vanishes  from  the  ground,  giving  place  to  bods  of 
the  soariet  poppy,  and  the  puiple  aasdfrage,  while  the 
constant  and  oheerfol  note  of  the  snowbimting,  the 
"  redbreast  of  the  North,"  resounding  on  all  sides,  re- 
minds his  listeners  of  a  brighter  ooontiy,  the  fields  and 
hedgo-rowB  of  home.  Now  the  reindeer  return  to  their 
haunts,  and  the  fox  is  found  with  his  white  winter-for 
already  spedded  with  gray.  Herds  of  musk-oxen  frolic,' 
with  awkward  gambols,  in  the  midst  of  luxuriant 
mossy  pastures,  which  almost  present  the  appearance 


•  BeUqt'aJounuL 


MB  W.  a.  PABBY. 


49 


inhk  pftth. 
ling  the  ship 
A  part  J  is 
;h  gans  and 
ng  into  two 
bile  the  ani- 
mted  agility 
teiy  is  soon 
minntea,  re* 
fox,  tiiereal 

an  end.  A 
haaaotnaUy 
I,  onoe  more 
9.  His  orb, 
hisflnrt  ap> 
inoQgh — ^tho 
I  gUiddcined. 
•,  but,  when 
pidly.  The 
» to  bods  of 
»,  while  the 
ranting,  the 
all  sides,  re- 
le  fields  and 
torn  to  their 
e  winter-fiir 
•oxenftolio,' 
f  loxttriant 
appearanoe 


I-,'**!* 


"••:■% 


mmA 


of  a  pleasant  English  meador^.*  On  land,  Nature  has 
already  buret  her  chains,  but  the  ioo  in  the  harbor  of 
lefiige  is  Btill  many  Ibefe  thick.  The  thaw,  however,  is 
telling  each  hou/,  and  the  loud  reports  of  the  parting 
masses,  every  now  and  then,  announce  its  steady  pro- 
groM.  Thebrief  summer  is  already  half  over,  era  the 
saw  and  blasting  cylinder  have  done  their  work ;  but, 
at  ieagth,  the  ship  gUdes  from  her  prison,  at  first  slowly 
and  half  doubtfWly,  as  though  cramped  by  long  con- 
finement, and  then,  as  the  oLinnel  widens,  more  oonfi- 
denUy.  Oar  oiewtakeahistlookrsoaioelyaregretftil 
one,  at  the  well-known  diffii  marking  the  boundaries  of 
their  captivity.  Three  cheers  for  Old  England,  and 
three  more  for  Icy  Cape,  or  Lancaster  Sound,  and  they 
are,  onoe  more,  on  their  way,  and  all  ihe  hopes  and 
fears  of 'Arctic  navigation  have  again  lining  into  Ufo. 
Such  is  a  pokr  winter,  and  such,  in  its  main  feature^ 
to  life  within  the  Aiotio  drde. 


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-     r  OHAPTEBIV. 

Hm  "  Alaannder**  fitted  oak  at  Dqitflxd— LiMt  Fruklio— SdUng  of 
the  BxpedMon  undw  Row    BaWo't  B>y— UnoMtar  Soand  and 
\  Onkar  If  ountalna— Betarn  to  EngUnd— ^n7  apointed  to  the  oom- 
,  MMidorftmwBxpeditioa.      ,  .,,  :       ,      .  .,  4,^^ 

Or  the  two  expeditions,  fitted  out  in  the  year  1818, 
for  the  porpoee  c^  Azotic  disooveiy,  that,  consisting  of 
the  " Isabella"  and  "Alexander,"  with  which  Pany 
was  connected,  was  intended,  as  we  have  seen  in  the 
preceding  chapter,  to  explore  Baffin's  Bay,  and  to  seek 
an  opening  in  the  siame  qnartor,  where  former  explorers  *> 
had  &Ued ;  while  the  "Dorothea"  and  "Trent,"  undei ' 
O^ttaitt  Buohan,  were  to  take  the  bolder  oonrse  of 
steeripg^br  Behiing's  Straits  aoroes  the  North  Pole  it- 
self. 

The  aeooiid  in  c(»nmand  of  this  latter  expedition 
WM  JAfiat.  Franklin,  Parry's  acquaintance  with  whom ' 
dates  from  this  period,  when  botii  were  engaged  in  fit* 
ting  oat  their  respeotire  vessels  at  Deptford.  Ftenklin, 
in  age  four  yean  his  senior,  had  eanied  ooiuddflarable 
distinction  in  the  late  war,  and  both  were  now  about 
to  make  their  entry  on  the  stage  of  Arotio  enterprise, 
with  which  thdr  names  were  to  be  lbrey«r  assodated. 
The  acquaintance,  thus  commenced,  afterwards  ripened 


^  ,  h: 


a— SsOIiig  of 
r  Soand  «im1 
id  to  the  com- 

",;.    *'*^<#^ 

year  1818, 
Dsisting  of 
lioh  Pany 
leen  in  the 
mdtoaeek 
rexplorera 
snt,"  undei 
ooone  of 
th  Pole  it- 
expedition 
rith  whom 
igedinfit* 
Fteiklin, 
nuddflnble 
now  about 
enteipriae, 
aawdated. 
rds  ripened 


■  .1   ^ 


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na  w. 


rABBT. 


n 


into  the  unbroken  flriraidship  of  two  kindred  natures, 
for  nearly  forty  yean  When  the  fete  of  the  "  Erebua" 
was  yet  uncertain,  none  felt  more  keenly  than  Sir 
Edward  Parry  the  torturing  anxieties  of  prolonged  sus- 
pense. To  use  his  own  words,  his  lost  friend  was  in 
"his  sleeping  as  well  as  his  waking  thoughts,"  and, 
among  his  own  most  treasured  memorials,  was  found 
one  paper,  with  the  touching  indorsement :  "  Dear  Frank- 
lin's last  letter  to  me,  July  10th,  1846."  He  thus  re- 
cords his  first  impressiou  of  his  friend's  character: 
"With  Lieut  Franklin  I  have  had  a  good  deal  of  con- 
versation, and  I  think  him  the  most  clever  man  of  our 
doth,  as  fbr  as  I  can  yet  judge,  with  whom  I  have  couf 
versed  fbr  some  time." 

lieut  Parry,  now  for  the  first  time  in  command  of 
a  veesol,  set  himself  diligently  to  the  taik  of  gaimng . 
infbrmation  upon  subjects  more  immediately  connected., 
with  the  peculiar  sorvioe  to  which  he  had  been  chosen. . 
In  this  he  was  aided  by  the  kindness  of  many  influ* 
ontial  friends.    An  introductioa  to  Sir  Joseph  Banks 
was  fbllowed  by  an  invitation  to  make  firee  use  of  his 
library,  a  liberty  of  which  the  youn|;  officer  grateftJly 
availed  himsel£    "  Sir  Joseph's  invitations,"  he  tnote, 
"  an  not  like  those  of  feshionable  lil^  but  are  given 
itom  a  raid  desire  to  do  every  thing  whiob  can  in  the^, 
smallest  d<(gxw^  tend  to  the  advanoement  of  every 
branohofaeience." 

Of  .the  OQntinued  kindness  of  his  warm  friend  and 
patron, tlie  Secretary  of  tbe  Admiralty,  he  also  writes: 

**to|pnedtipoa  Mr.  Barrow,  who  immediately  sent  for 
me,  and  shook  hands  like  a  twenty  yean*  acquaiutooce. 


^ 


^^ 


m 


U 


mim\ 


MHMMMM 


MiiiitiliU^ 


•^mtmw 


72 


/.  muiouu  ov 


and  oonvflrsed  with  mo,  for  half  an  hour,  apon  the  North- 
Wort  Paaaage,  ialandi  of  ioe,  beans  Baffina,  Hadaons,  etc. 
I  montionod  to  him  having  aeen,  while  coming  from 
America  last  April,  islands  of  ice  in  a  low  btitude,  at 
which  he  caught,  as  an  additional  confirmation  of  the  re- 
ported breaking  up  of  that  body  to  the  northward,  and 
desired  me  to  give  him  a  Ml  account  of  the  situation  in 
which  I  saw  them." 

His  time  was  now  spent  ohiefly  at  Deptfoid,  where 
no  pains  were  spared  in  rendering  the  ships  as  strong 
as  wood  and  iron  could  make  them,  for  encountering 
the  pressure  of  the  ioe,  and  in  providing  for  the  ooonfort 
of  officers  and  mcu. 

**  Every  body,**  he  writes,  **  is  desirous  to  anUoipate  our 
wishes  in  this  respect,  from  the  highest  to  the  lowest  that 

are  employed  in  our  equipment I  do  not  mind 

telling  you  that  the  *  Alexander'  has  obtidned,  among 
the  officers,  the  naime  of  the  *Taoht,*  from  the  very 
superior  accommodations  we  hare  to  diose  of  the  other 
ships.  Indeed,  I  never  saw  any  thing  more  snug  and 
comfortable;  bnttlds  oironmstanoe  should  not  be  men- 
tioned, as  pjeople  might  fimoy  I  gave  myself  the  credit  of 
it,  whereas  the  truth  is,  that,  during  the  progreai  of  our 
equipment,  the  officers  of  the  docl^rd,  the  principal  of 
whon^  I  knew  before,  have  attended  to  my  wishes  b 
every  thbg,  an  advantage  the  others  ooold  not  posaiUy 
have.***  I 

In  the  midst  of  these  active  pivpanrtknis,  he  re< 
oeived  tidings  of  the  death  of  hk  btsloved  aster,  Lady 

*T1>a  "ijozaiid.r  '  ?««  fllMM*  teth^  Poai7>'di  a^^  «tt>» 


■r  A"l 


Miri . I'lii ' i itimiimim  ii'iiifiii^i'tf  M 


1  the  North. 

ladaons,  etc. 

oming  from 

latitude,  at  - 

( 

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'  ;  * 

thward,  and 

1     . 

■itoation  in 

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(fold,  where 

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Qcountering 

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m 

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1 

m  the  very 

1 

of  the  other 

1 

■e  snug  and 

not  be  mea< 

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prinoipal  of 

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sister,  Lady 

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1 

SIB  W.  n.  PASBY.  ft 

Bardley  Wilmot.  The  tidings  affected  him  deeply, 
but  he  did  not  snfibr  these  feelings  to  interfere  with  a 
vigorous  attention  to  his  more  inunediate  duties,  as 
will  be  seen  from  the  following : 

*'Ikp{fli)rd,  Mitrchy  1818. 
**  Mr  DcAKisT  Pabkiitb:  Ifit  were  not  that  I  knew  yoi}^ 
would  expect  a  letter  from  me  to-morrow,  I  ahonjdr-llave 
been  tempted  to  tear  op  that  ifhioh  I  dispatched  to^ay, 
and  which  was,  literally,  written  chiefly  upon  a  cask, 
while  our  men  were  at  dinner.  Ailer  the  most  busy  day 
that  I  think  I  ever  passed  in  my  life,  how  happy  am  I  to 
be  able  to  sit  down  quietly  in  my  lodgings,  to  attempt  to 
answer  the  many  anxious  inquiries  you  have  lately  made 
respectbg  our  ezpedlUon !  I  consider  it  to  be  our  busi< 
neu  to  ooUeot  materials,  and  to  presehre  those  materials 
in  as  perfect  a  state  as  posrible,  for  the  exandnation  of 
soientUIo  men  when  we  return;  noting  down  the  *habi< 
tat,*  a  precaution  I  remettaber  my  dear  flither  to  have 
given  me  some  years  ago.  I  shall  let  nothing  escape  me 
that  oomes  within  my  reach,  and  I  hope  to  be  able  to  pro. 
dace,  on  our  retom,  a  tolerable  ooUeoUon  for  the  learned 
to  work  npon.  I  will  take  care  td  procure  every  thbg 
mineral,  or  fearil,  that  I  meet  with.  My  hanuner-sticl^ 
which  has  been  maoh  admired,  is  hanf^ng  up  in  my  cabin, 
and  win,  I  hope,  be  often  brought  into  use  daring  the 
sommer.  Indeed,  I  shall  never  go  on  shore  without  it, 
fer  it  wfll  be  aseftd  as  a  weapon,  as  well  as  in  the  <Hher 

Wl^.  ^■''"  — ':• 

*'Theobserv|ti«w  open  the  magnet  wili  fermoiiftof 
the  siOst  interesting  oi^eots  of  the  expedition.  A  vari- 
ety of  oempasses  are  prepared  for  as,  and  great  expect- 
ations are  fermed  ot  the  resolts  we  are  Ub»Iy  to  obtain 
In  Ugh  northern  latitades.  The  eonneotion  dbserred,  in 
4 


mammt 


mmmtrntimm 


■MHM 


(1 


u 


MBMOIM  OF 


many  inatanooa,  botweon  magnetlMn  and  elaotriolty,  and 
b«twe«n  thow  and  the  Aurora  BoroaUa,  la  vary  oorlous, 
and  it  U  expeotod,  that  the  obMrvationa  w«  ihall  bo  en- 
abled to  make,  inay  throw  oonidderabte  light  upon  it. 
There  are  great  Bpeoulationa  on  foot,  aa  to  what  effect 
may  be  anticipated  apon  our  oompaMea,  when  we  ap- 
proach the  Magnetic  Pole. 

"  You  will  eaaily  believe  how  deeply  I  felt  the  oonclnd- 
ing  page  of  my  deareit  fcther»a  letter.  Whether  it  ahall 
pieaae  God,  that  I  am  ever.  In  thia  world,  to  have  the 
happineaa  of  soolng  you  again,  is  at  the  diq>0Ml  of  Him, 
who  '  doeth  all  thinga  well.' " 

The  intereat,  excited  in  the  public  mind  by  tbe' con- 
templated expedition,  hotl  Utract#d  Iwge  orowdfl  of 
vialtorB  to  Deptford,  and  the  decka  were  thronged  with 
sightseers  ftom  mbming  till  night  When  the  ship* 
dropped  down  to  Woolwich,  he  u.jz:  "We  have  the 
'Alexander'  to  oniselvee  for  the  flrit  time  ilnoe  she 
was  put  into  oommiasion." 

On  the  first  Sunday  of  the  roynge,  the  ''Alexan- 
der's  "  ship's  company  weie  mustered,  in  the  gun-room, 
for  diriiie  service,  a  duty  nerer  omitted,  except  in 
oases  of  urgent  necessity. 

.  •♦  Seamen,"  ho  writea,  "  with  aU  their  imperfbotions  on 
their  headi,  are  certainly  a  very  attentive  oongr^ation. 
It  may  be  said,  in  oppoalUon  to  thia,  that,  in  ama^of  war, 
they  are  afraid  to  be  otherwise;  but  the  'Alexander*  is 
not  yet  enough  a  nMuw)f-war  to  produoe  attention  1^  any 
such  means }  and  I  never  saw  a  more  orderly  «^^greg»- 
tion  than  that  to  which  I  read  prayers  to^y.  Nothing 
could  be  more  satislhotory  and  creditable  than  the  attcn- 
lion  ol  my  men.     It  reaUy  was  deUgbt&l,  and,  you  may. 


•■"il 


I  'i.l.liin»'|-'»;ili-<ii'iii»i»»..i«i'ii  'i''"ii  it'l'i'lili 


.■ill  iii''t^'    ''''f "  **-''*-■ 


T 


U«  W.  ■.  PABBT. 


riolty,  Mid 
J  oarioiu, 
liall  bo  on* 
t  upon  It. 
bat  effoct 
en  we  ap- 

,«  oooolacU 

li«r  it  ihaU 

bare  the 

d  of  Him, 


J  tb«'oon- 
orowds  of 
tngedwiih 
i  ^eibips 
I  have  the 
linoe  she 

^'AleXMf 
gan-TOom, 
except  in 

ibotionaon 
igr^atioD. 
BuuMfwar, 
ezander*  is 
tionl^Mij 
f  oongregB^ 
Nothing 
A  the  atten< 
id,  you  maj. 


dopond  upon  it,  that  nothing  but  very  bad  weather  ■Imll 
prevent  my  oonitantly  attending  to  it.  If  it  edifloe  on« 
man  only  of  my  orew,  it  can  not  bo  laid  to  be  of  no  avail, 
but  I  am  lure  it  will  do  more.  At  all  events,  I  am  doing 
a  duty.  Let  ua  truat  with  implicit  oonfidonoe  in  that 
Ood,  whoM  eye  ia  everywhere,  and  whoite  meroy  and  bo> 
nefloonoo  are  equally  conspicuoui,  whether  we  traveno 
the  froicn  regions  ot  the  north,  or  bask  iu  the  sunshine 
of  our  native  pbdns.'* 

On  the  8d  of  May,  the  ahores  of  Shetland  wero  loft 
behind,  and,  on  the  26th,  thoj  rounded  Cape  Farewell, 
the  Bouthemmoet  point  of  Greenland,  passing,  how- 
ever, at  a  considerable  distance  to  the  southward  of  it 
The  sailing  qualities  of  the  two  vessels,  which  had  ap* 
peared  nearly  the  some  on  the  passage  from  the  Kore 
to  Lerwick,  were  now  proved  to  be  very  unequal. 
The  sluggishness  of  the  "Alexander"  was  a  continual 
source  of  regret  to  Ptuny,  not  merely  from  his  natural 
eagerness  to  preas  onward  towards  the  fold  of  disco- 
very, but  because  his  ship  wss  unable,  like  her  consort, 
to  spare  the  time  for  heaving  to,  occasionally,  fat  the 
purpose  of  obtaining  soundings,  and  making  observa- 
tions on  the  direction  of  currents,  etc.  < 

In  a  pokr  voyage,  the  sight  of  the  first  iceberg  is  an 
event  of  some  interestt  and,  on  the  saqie  day  that  they 
roonded  Cape  Farewpll,  they  passed  a  beig  at  the  dis- 
tance of  a  few  miles.  The  lively  imagin»tion  of  the 
"iBabella's''  orew  traced,  in  its  fimtastio  peiiks,  watoe 
xesemhlanoeto  the  lion  and  the  Unicom  of  the  Boyal 
arms,  which  was,  at  once,  interpreted  as  an  omen  of 
good  ludk.  A  &w  days  later,  the  ioe  of  Davie'  Strait 
was  fiiirly  entered,  and  the  ships,  at  tunes,  completely 


iiiifllnwiwi  "11""^ 


If  MmotM  or 

Rtopped.  "  The  iommm,  or  lumps  of  loe,"  Parry  write*, 
"  •omotimoi  roemblo  the  huge  pile*  of  itone  at  Stone* 
hengc,  two  opright  plecoi  iupporting  a  Ihinl  placed 
horizontally  upon  them." 

Whonovor  advance  was  rendered  impomible  by  the 
Rtato  of  the  ice,  the  delay  woa  turned  to  oooount,  for 
the  purpose  of  making  obaorvations.  The  usual  prao- 
tioo  was  to  make  the  ships  fust  to  one  of  the  many  ice* 
bergs  in  Uio  neighborhootl,  which  was  then  converted 
into  a  site  for  the  temporary  observatory.  The  strange 
character  of  the  seen  ■,  which  met  the  eye  at  these  times, 
was  as  though  one  hud  entered  on  a  new  world. 

"The  magniflcence  of  the  view  is  ikr  beyond  any  de< 
seriiition  I  oan  give  of  it.  One  half  of  the  horison,  that 
to  the  eastward,  was  oeeupied  by  the  bleak  hills  of  Green- 
land, and  »ome  of  its  islands  not  more  than  two  miles 
fVom  us.  y^  ithin  a  few  miles  all  round  us,'tbo  water  was 
clear ;  but  the  whole  of  the  western  horison,  fVom  land 
round  to  land,  was  eovorod  with  bnnmerable  masses  of  ' 
ioe,  packed  close  together.  Here  and  there,  a  tremon* 
dous  berg  appeared,  each  assaming  some  peculiar  fkntas- 
tie  shape.  If  the  scene  around  were  grand,  that  t^pon 
'the  iceberg  was  not  less  bterestbg.  In  one  part,  was  to 
be  seen  a  group  attentively  employed  in  making  the  re< 
qtddte.  observations ;  La  another,  a  party  of  sportsmen, 
firing  at  the  numerous  loons,  mallemukes,  kittewakos, 
etc.  Below,  were  the  boat*  taking  ice  on  board  Ibr  wa- 
ter ;  here  and  there, »  saflor  or  two  ammdag  themselves  in 
alidhig  down  from  the  top  of  the  ice  to  the  valley  below. 
The  whole  scene  was  extremely  interesUng  and  novel. 
We  IV  ere  employed  in  exeeotfaig  some  of  the  most  im* 


llMllHMMMlMMMMltMMIMkl 


n 


tia  w.  a.  PAAMT. 


11 


rry  write*, 
s  at  Stono- 
Lnl  placed 

bio  by  tho 
cxjount,  for 
UHual  prac- 
I  tnoiiy  ico- 
oonverteU 
*ho  Btrangu 
heao  timed, 
rid. 

nd  any  tie- 
t>riion,  that 
liof  Oreon- 

two  milea 
)  wator  wa« 
,  firom  land 
)maH(mof 
,  a  trftmen- 
aliar  fkntoo- 

that  tipoft 
;>art,  waito 
dng  there- 

•portunen, 
kittewakei, 
Murd  Ibr  wa- 
midmItm  in 
illay  below. 

and  noTcI. 
M  most  ioh 


portnnt  otiJ«ct«  of  our  miaiion,  and  lUg,  alone,  would 
have  mode  It  dolightAil."* 

On  ono  ocoaaion,  while  waiting  for  the  sun  to  break 
through  tho  ovorhuiigiug  veil  of  miot,  tho  intorval  woa 
omployodby  thu  offloora  iu  a  mock  fight  with  inowballa. 

"  Home  who  hud  fjrnltifld  tho  aummlft  of  the  berg,  on 
which  they  ooiild  only  Jtiat  manago  tu  ait,  •«  upon  a  lad. 
die,  looking  down  an  almost  porpondicular  olifl^  perhaps 
00  or  100  foot  high,  into  tho  wo,  on  tho  opposite  side  to 
that  which  thuy  hod  mounted,  thought  proper  to  pelt 
with  mow  those  who  had  nut  been  so  bold,  or  so  qniok  in 
OHConding.  A  sharp  oonillot  ensued,  the  assaihuits  re- 
turning tho  Are,  as  thoy  continued  to  mount,  till,  at 
lungth,  tho  summit  was  gained  by  all,  and  a  truco  pro- 
olaimod  by  both  parties.  Tliose  are  trifling  incidents, 
and  may,  perhaps,  be  considered  by  some  as  unworthy  a 
plooo  in  a  joui|7ial  of  this  kind  ;  but,  to  one  who  witnessed 
the  scone,  and  reflected  on  it,  on  the  spot,  it  ooold  not 
but  induce  some  pleasing  considerations.  To  see  the 
oflloors  of  both  ships  joinbg,  with  the  utmost  good  ha< 
mor,  in  such  amusemonts,  was  a  pleasing  proof  of  the 
good  nnderstanding  that  existed  between  as,  and  the 
oheerfhlness  that  animated  all ;  and  one  ooold  not  help 
going  a  stop  fkrther,  to  consider  that  the  same  uianimity 
which  prevailed  among  us,  in  partaking  of  that  relax- 
ation which  oar  duty  allowed  us,  might  also  be  expected 
to  extend  itself  to  the  most  hearty  cooperation,  when- 
ever those  diflloulties  should  arise,  which  we  have  a  right 
to  anticipate  io  the  execution  of  the  great  ol^oct  of  oar 
mission." 

At  Waygat  Island,  thej  fell  in  with  a  Iai;ge  fleet  of 
whaleni,  waiting  Ibr  the  ioe  to  open  to  the  ntMrdiward. 

*  LI«ot  Psnjr's  JounisL 


. 


if'  ■       ,'      "     '    '  -'- 


w 


f%  MMtOIM  OV 

**  H«r«,  a  prond  dght  to  an  EngUahman  prmMnted  It* 
Mif  to  our  vi«w  ;  for  our  aurprlM  m«f,  ptrhapa,  In  ■om* 
dflfirreo,  bo  lm»gln«d,  when,  on  opwUng  the  land  of  thia 
Ulmid,  lu  wo  ran  along  it,  w«  aaw  a  fleet  of  between 
twenty  and  thirty  Mil  of  BritUh  ■hipa  at  anchor,  giving 
to  thU  flroton  and  doaolate  region  the  appearance  of  a 
flouri«liin){  Moa-port  of  aomo  great  European  nation. 
Every  riiip  choored  ua  an  we  paaaed,  and  our  men  r«»- 
tunitxl  it." 

While  (letainod  at  Wnygat  Island,  some  Eaquimaux 
oamo  on  board.  John  Haokhouso,  tho  intorpretor,  or 
"Jock,"  ai  he  wa<i  commonly  called,  acted  aa  master 
of  tho  coromoniofl  on  tho  oooaaion,  and  Scotch  rocla 
were  dannod  un  d<»k,  to  the  merr/  strains  of  a  Shot* 
land  fiddler.  The  likonotMoi  of  some  of  the  party 
were  token,  and  they  seomed  much  pleased  on  being 
shown  the  drawings.  The  behavior  and  manners  of 
these  poor  people  were  very  pleasing,  tmd  do  high 
credit  to  tho  Danish  missionaries  residing  among  them. , 
Some  traits  of  their  character  deserve  to  be  reoorded. 
Oaptain  Boas,  wishing  to  have  some  of  their  dogs,  de> 
sired  they  might  be  brought,  in  return  tax  which  he 
promised  to  give  thom  some  guna,  i:K>wder,.and  shot, 
which  they  value  highly  for  killing  game. 

*'  To  (his  they  willingly  agreed ;  but,  when  they  were 
told  they  ndght  take  the  guns  with  them  thtn^  and  bring 
the  dogs  to-morrow,  they  woold  not  listen,  bat  ftithlhlly 
brought  the  dogs  the  next  day,  and  received  their  eqnl> 
valent.  I  believe  this  tndt  of  honMty  to  be,  enthrely,  the 
oflTeot  of  the  instmotion  thqr  have  received  ttum  their 
pastors,  for  every  history  of  Greenland  agrees  io  stating 
that,  though  they  are  honest  among  themselvea,  they 
think  it  no  harm  to  cheat  Eampeans." 


■•Mnted  lt< 
pa,  In  toma 
tod  of  tliU 
of  botween 
hor,  giving 
u«no«  of  A 
9Mt  nation, 
ur  m«n  ro* 

^uimaux 
irpreter,  or 

M  master 
ootch  rocls 
of  a  Shot* 

the  party 
I  on  being 
oannera  of 
1  do  high 
long  them. 
B  reoorded. 
rdogi,  do* 
r  which  he 
,.and  ihot, 

thejr  were 
f  and  bring 
It  fidthAtllj 
their  equi- 
mtirelj,  the 
firom  their 
I  io  atating 
rirea,  they 


am  w,  «>  »AM«v.  ft 

The  ioi),  at  l«ngth,  began  lu  aa|)amti<,  nn<l,  a  brintxe 
having  iprung  up,  proparaUuna  were  on<»  mure  mode 
to  advanoe.  Jack,  however,  waa  luiiwng.  Ue  hnd 
oaoorted  hia  oodulrymtni  on  ahore,  and  hnd  not  yet  n^* 
turned  A  boat  wan  aent  in  aeareh  of  hiin,  and  tim 
(XKir  fcUow  waa  (bund  in  one  of  the  huta,  with  lita 
colla^lx)no  brnki^n.  The  aooitlunt  hnd  boon  («uimh1  by 
the  recoil  of  hia  gun,  whloh  hu  had  ovorloadiH)  on  tho 
Rtrungth  of  hia  own  luaudm :  "  Plou^  powder,  plenty 
kill."       ;  •  ,    • 

Tho  ahlpa  now  tdvniMwl  alowty  along  the  ooMt  of 
OroonUmd.  Independtntly  of  the  ntaity  tcdioua  atop« 
pagua  oauaed  by  tho  oloiing  of  tho  ioe,  they  wore  con- 
tinually delayed  by  the  alow  progreaa  of  tho  **Alezan* 
der.'*  Tho  motion  of  tho  ioe  waa  ao  oonatant  and  rapid, 
that  a  iMMaage,  thMHigh  whiuh  tho  "Iiabolla"  had 
pnaaed,  waa  often  oloatd  bolbrt  her  oonaort  oarao  up  in 
tirao  to  take  advantage  of  the  aame  o|)oning.  Whon 
tho  wind  fiiilod,  the  ahlpa  were  towed  by  the  boata,  or 
"  trooked'*  along  the  edge  of  the  floe,  and  the  lervioea 
of  the  "  laabellaV*  fiddler  were  again  called  into  requi* 
Rition,  to  phiy  to  the  men  aa  thoy  walked  along.  Nor 
waa  thia  apeoiea  of  uavigatioit  leaa  dangeroua  than 
todioua.  One  ot  the  whalen^  which  atiU  aooompanied 
them,  waa  cruihed  between  two  moving  floea,  and  the 
crew  barely  eaonped  with  their  Uvea  The  ahipa,  ae- 
looted  for  the  vqMditloni  h«d  been  boUt  ao  itrongly, 
that  they  eaoaped  unhurt  ftom  th«  pieaaurt),  which 
would  have  atov«  In  a  wwker  timbI  Aa  it  wa%  the 
violenoe  of  these  rapealed  ahookn  wm  aooh,  that  the 
whole  frame  of  the  v«Mel  tremUed  from  slMn  to  item. 
*•  We  ought  noli'*  ^^^  ^•"^  ^^^  ^  ^  Journal, 


hHh 


80 


lOOIOIBS  OF 


"to  oomplain  of  the  'Alezaader'a'  sailing,  while  she 
stands  these  squeezes  so  well,  for  it  would  not  be  easy 
to  make  a  ship  sail,  even  tolerably,  with  so  much  addi* 
tional  limber  in  her." 

On  the  81st  of  July,  in  hit  70°  88',  a  number  of 
whales  were  seen  in  all  directions,  and  the  boats,  being 
sent  in  pursuit,  succeeded  in  killing  one  above  46  feet 
in  length.  On  the  same  day  they  parted  from  the  lost 
whaler,  the  "  Bon  Accord,"  of  Aberdeen,  with  three 
hearty  cheers.  The  "  Isabella"  and  "Alexander"  had 
now  fairly  entered  the  field  of  discovery,  arid  were  left 
to  pursue  their  course  alone,  along  a  coast  unvisited  by 
any  European  since  the  days  of  Baffin.  The  hopes  of 
ultimate  success,  entertained  by  Lieut'  Parry  himself, 
will  be  seen  from  one  of  the  last  letters  written  by 
him,  just  before  parting  with  ihe  whalers. 

"'•        '  "DavVSIraitg.    Zot  16" 80',  ^. 

•<  My  Deasest  Pabemts  :  The  Greenland  ships  having, 
at  length,  in  tins  latitude,  found  a  plentifhl  harvest  of 
whales,  which  are  now  'blowing*  about  us  in  all  direo- 
tions,  the  ioe  being  open  for  us  to  the  northward,  it  is 
probable  that  we  may  here  leave  them.  In  regard  to 
our  advance  to  the  northward,  it  may  be  said  that  the 
season  has  been  just  like  any  other ;  for  the  whimsioali' 
ti9s  (as  I  can  not  help  calling  thorn)  of  the  ioe  are  suofa, 
that  it  is  impoauble  to  say,  from  the  appearancie  of  the 
fields  of  it  at  one  moment,  how  it  will  be  in  ten  minutes 
afterwards,  so  suddenly,  and  apparently  without  any 
cause,  does  it  sometimes  open,  when  it  could  be  least 
expected.  There  is  one  great  reason,  however,  for  think< 
ing  that  we  shall  do  wonders  in  the  next  two  months; 


m 


.^ 


,  while  she 
lot  be  easy 
muoh  addi« 

number  of 
xmts,  being 
ove  46  feet 
om  the  lost 
with  three 
under"  had 
id  were  left 
nvisitedby 
le  hopes  of 
Ty  himself, 
written  by 


Oy  28. 
16' 80',^. 

hips  having, 
harvest  of 
n  all  direo- 
iward,  it  is 
\  regard  to 
id  that  the 
teMtneieali- 
ae  are  sadi, 
tmclB  of  the 
ten  minutes 
dthout  any 
lid  be  least 
tr,  for  think- 
tvo  months ; 


SIB  w.  s.  PARnr. 


81 


all  the  masters  of  the  Greenland  ships  allow  that,  at  this 
very  time,  when  their  busmess  is  finished  m  these  parts, 
the  most  favorable  opportunities  of  gettmg  on  to  the 
northward  occur,  and  they  all  look  upon  it  as  a  busbesa 
of  little  or  no  difficulty.  At  this  season  the  ice  is  very 
rapidly  dissolving.  Every  field  is  covered  with  innumer- 
able ponde,  or  pools  of  water,  which  are  inoroasmg  in 
size,  every  moment,  from  the  warmth  of  the  air,  which 
is  that  of  a  spring  day  in  England.  There  is  no  doubt 
of  our  getting  much  farther  than  any  Europeans  ever 
have  been  before,  and  the  general  opinion  among  us  is, 
(though  it  should  not  be  publicly  expressed,)  that  we 
shall  Mrmter  very  comfortably,  somewhere  on  the  coast  of 
North-America,  that  is,  if  Baflhi's  Bay  be  a  bay — on  the 
west  coast  of  it.  On  examining  Bi^ln*s  own  account 
very  narrowly,  however,  we  incline  to  the  opmion,  that, 
however  he  might  have  intended  to  imply  that  he  saw 
the  htnd  all  round  the  north  side  of  this  bay,  he  has  never 
said  so. 

*'I  inclose  a  paper  upon  the  subject  of  magnetism, 
^hioh  is  a  copy  of  duplicate  letters  I  have  written  to 
Mr.  Barrow.  This  is  a  subject  which  has,  of  late,  proved 
very  interestmg.  Since  I  wrote  that  letter,  the  variation 
of  the  compass  has  increased  to  80*,  so  that  the  North 
Pole  of  the  needle  now  points  nearly  due  west!  The 
dip  of  the  needle  is  about  84*  40'.  As  the  needle  is 
supposed  to  direct  itself  constantly  to  the  magnetic  pole, 
it  follows  that  this  pole  must  now  be  west  of  us ;  and,  as 
the  dip  is  not  &r  from  90*,  it  follows,  also,  that  it  most 
be  phujed  somewhere  not  very  &r  from  us  in  that  dureo 
tion.  The  greatest  variation  observed  by  Baffin  here, 
200  years  ago,  (and  thjB  greatest,  as  he  says,  in  the  world,) 
was  66*,  so  that  an  amaiung  increase  has  taken  place 
during  that  interval.  I  have  remarked  to  you,  in  a 
4* 


■V- 


:1 


i*i>liWtii^>iil» 


waHmmatUtMi 


MtoaMii'' 


»fV"'^;Tyiffl' 


82 


xBMoiBs  or 


former  letter,  two  or  throe  facta  relating  to  Baffin's 
journal,  which  prove  liis  accuracy,  as  far  as  we  have  yet 
gone,  beyond  any  doubt. 

"  How  delightful,  my  dearesv  parents,  is  this  occupa- 
tion of  mine!  If  I  could  know  that  those  whom  I  lovo 
most  dearly  in  England  are  well,  I  sLould  not  have  a 
wish  ungratified.  You  know  that  God's  mercy  and  pro- 
tection are  not  confined  to  one  particular  quarter  of  the 
globe  He  has  created,  but  that  they  are  equally  extended 
to  all.  The  dangers  of  the  service  on  which  I  am  en- 
gaged (I  mean  the  danger  as  estimated  by  our  short- 
sightedness) are,  in  reality,  nothing,  unless  sailing  in  the 
smoothest  water,  and  the  finest  climate,  can  be  so  con- 
sidered. You  would  bo  delighted  to  see  our '  two  or 
three  gathered  together'  in  our  little  church  every  Sun- 
day, which  the  men  like  ^ery  much,  and  which  the 
service  has  only,  prevented  one  or  two  Sundays  since  we 
left  the  Nore.  I  keep  a  very  regular  journal  of  every 
occurrence,  which  I  never  suffer  to  go  one  day  behind, 
but  put  down  each  circumstance  as  it  happens.  I  think 
I  never  enjoyed  such  uninterrupted  and  excellent  healtH 
in  my  life  as  at  present.  Adieu !  Let  us  trust  firmly  and 
uniformly  in  Gtod,  and  that  He  may  ever  bless  you  all, 
prays  your  ever  affectionate 

"W.E.PARBT." 

'A  few  days  after  laaving  the  flahing^grounds,  the 
two  ships,  beooming  entangled  in  the  ioe,  fell  foul  of 
one  motlier  with  a  terrible  orash.  The  strength  of 
their  timbers  was  such,  that  they  escaped  without 
material  damage,  but  span,  rigging,  and  boats  were 
literally  torn  to  pieces.  This  danger,  however,  was 
trifling  in  comparison  with  what  followed.  The  floe, 
to  which  the  ships  had  been  moored  after  the  last 


f  i 


t . 


msgmmmmmmm 


'-F 


to  Baffin's 
fe  have  yet 

his  oooupo- 
hom  I  lovo 
not  have  a 
cy  ond  pro- 
irtor  of  tho 
\j  extended 
h  I  am  en- 
f  our  short- 
Euling  in  thd 
be  so  con- 
)ur '  two  or 
every  San- 
which  the 
;y8  since  we 
al  of  every 
day  behind, 
IB.  I  think 
)llent  healtK 
it  firmly  and 
less  yon  all, 

.  Pabbt." 

rounds,  the 
m  foul  of 
itrehgih  of 
led  without 
boats  were 
►wever,  was 
The  floe, 
ter  the  last 


J 


r. 


HIR   W.  K.   PAItRY.  IS 

disaster,  wiia  found  to  be  drifting  towards  some  strand- 
ed berga,  and  all  hands  were  set  to  work  to  cut  a  dock,* 
fbr  the  security  of  vessels  in  case  of  a  collision.  The 
ice  proved  too  thick  for  the  saws  to  make  sufficiently 
rapid  progress,  and,  as  tho  next  resource,  the  ships 
were  warped,  with  considerable  difficulty,  along  the 
edge  of  the  floe  to  some  distance.  Hardly  was  this 
done,  when  the  very  part  of  the  floe,  where  the  dock 
had  been  commenced,  came  in  conta^^t  with  the  berg 
with  such  violence,  as  to  be  forced  some  fifty  feet  up 
its  steep  side,  and  the  broken  fragments  fell  back  on 
the  ice  with  a  loud  crash.  Had  the  ships  been  docked 
there,  they  must  have  been  crushed  to  atoms,  and  no 
human  strength  and  skill  could  have  saved  them. 

On  the  8th  of  August,  a  landing  was  made  on  a 
small  island,  about  six  miles  from  the  mainland.  Here 
were  some  piles  of  stones,  such  as  are  commonly  found 
in  the  Esquimaux  •  burial-grounds.  The  next  day, 
some  of  the  natives  were  seen  advancing  rapidly  along 
the  ice,  in  their  sledges,  towards  the  ships.  After  some 
hesitation,  they  were  induced  by  Backhouse  to  venture 
on  board,  and  great  was  their  astonishment  at  all  that 
met  jtheir  eyes.  This  tribe,  it  seems,  had  never  before 
had  any  com.aunication  with  Europeans,  and,  though 
th«r  iMiguage  was  a  d'alect  of  that  spoken  by  Saok- 
house  and  his  countrymen  oi'  South-Qieenland,  they 
appear  to  liava  been  cut  off  from  all  contact  wi^  their 
southern  brethren.  Unlike  the  other  tribes  of  the 
Esquimaux ,  race,  they  possessed  no  canoes,  and  the 

•  To  "ootra  dook"  to  to  nw  o&t  a  hole  In  the  edge  of  a  floe,  largo 
eooogh  to  pontian  the  ahip.  The  uae  of  it  ia  to  aeoure  tho  ahip  from 
being  "  nipped"  by  tho  aadden  advance  of  another  ttoo. 


trfilM  l»iiiiii  II  Wiifcu'iiiiiii 


w: 


84 


rnif^Jlf*  <  .wmtf  iii,.i»,ii»'m?^8»v''''Wf 


MBMOIU  OV     « 


very  name  ^f  "  Kiyak*'  was  unknown  to  them.  Like 
Montezuma's  Mexicans  before  Ooridz,  they  spoke  of 
the  ships  as  living  oreatures,  and  mistook  the  move- 
ment  of  the  sails  for  the  flapping  of  wings.  "What 
groat  ore&tures  aro  these?"  they  cried,  "Do  they  xx)mo 
fh>m  %hb  auu  or  moon?"  During  several  days,  while 
the  ships  were  detained  by  the  state  of  the  ice,  they 
received  several  visits  from  their  new  friends ;  but,  at 
length,  the  wind  opened  a  passage  in  the  barrier,  'uxd 
the  water  beyond  was  found  tolerably  clear  of  ice. 
Some  spray,  which  now,  once  more,  fell  on  the  fore* 
castle,  was  hailed  as  a  pleasing  novelty,  when  the 
ships,  BO  long  entangled  in  the  floe,  renewed  their 
usual  pitching  motion.  In  this  way  thoy  passed  the 
Wolstenholmo  and  Whale  Sounds  of  Bal9^,  and,  at 
midnight,  on  the  19th  of  August,  the  "  Isabella"  and 
"  Alexander"  were  off  the  entaunce  of  Smith's  Sound, 
at  the  northern  extremity  of  Boffin's  Bay,  but  did  not 
approach  suMciently  near  \e  Imd  to  determine  whe« 
ther  it  were  only  an  xuidt,  or  a  strait  leading  into 
the  sea  beyond.  In  the  same  cursory  and  nnsatisfac 
lory  wi^  was  Tuuned  the  mouth  of  Jones's  Sound,  on 
the  west  shore  of  the  Bay. 

On  the  80th,  a  wide  opening  in  the  land  to  the 
Westward  was  observed,  and  the  water  being  de^, 
and  entirely  firee  from  ice,  the  ships  made  for  the 
entrance  of  Lancaster  Sound.  The  e^)ectation8  o£ 
many  were  now  raised  to  the  highest  pitch.  The 
"crow's  nest"  was  continually  viidted  thiou^out  the 
day,  and  the  eyes  of  all  strained  to  oatoli  a  j^pse 
of  the  land  they  eagerly  desired  not  to  see  at  the  end. 
♦•Here,"  wntes  Lieut  Parry,  in  his  joittmal,  "BafJl^n's 


?■ 


iii«iriM(M 


mmm 


lem.  Like 
f  spoke  of 

the  move* 
9.    "What 

they  Bovao 
days,  while 
le  ice,  they 
ds ;  bnt,  at 
>arrier,  'uxd 
ear  of  ioe. 
n  the  fore* 

when  the 
lewed  their 
passed  the 
in,  and,  at 
abella"  and 
tVs  Sound, 
i>at  did  not 
nnine  whe< 
fading  into 
[  nnsatisfao* 
I  Soundf  on 

[and  to  the 
)eing  de^, 
ide  for  the 
sctations  «F 
pitch.  The 
tog^oat  the 
I  a  glimpse 
I  al  ihe  end. 
il,  "B^a^n's 


^ 


■  t  ' 


:  V." 


BIS  W.  a.  PABBT. 


hopes  of  a  passage  began  to  be  less,  every  day  more 
than  another;  here,  on  the  contrary,  minpt  begin  to 
grow  strong.  I  think  there  is  something  in  his  ac- 
count, which  gives  cause  to  suspect  he  did  not  see  the 
bottom  of  Lancaster  Sound,  that  is,  whether  it  were 
really  a  sound  or  a  strait,  nor  have  we  yet  seen  the 
bottom  of  it"  The  next  day,  they  were  fairly  within 
the  sound,  the  "  Isabella"  a  few  miles  ahead  of  her 
slower  consort  "  We  continued  to  run  with  all  the 
sail  we  could  press  on  the  ship.  I  never  wished  so 
much  that  the  '  Alexander*  were  a  better  sailer,  for 
the  inlet  looks  more  and  more  promising,  the  swell 
comes  from  the  north-west  compass,  (that  is,  south- 
south- west  true,)  and  continues  just  as  it  does  in  the 
ocean.  It  is  impossible  to  remark  this  circumstance, 
without  feeling  a  Aqpe  that  it  may  be  caused  by  this 
inlet  being  a  passage  into  a  sea  to  the  westward  of  it" 
These  hopes  were  still  as  high  as  ever,  tho  water  as 
deep  and  ftee  from  ioe  as  before,  when,  all  of  a  sud- 
den, the  "Isabella"  tacked,  and  rejoined  the  "Alex- 
ander." Both  vessels  retraced  their  course,  and  Lan- 
caster Sound  was  left  behind.  To  those  <m  board  the 
latter  vessel,  such  a  proceeding  on  the  part  of  the  com- 
modoxe  was  inexplicable.  In  L<eat  Pany'a  journal^ 
not  a  remark  is  made  on  what  must  have  been  a  severe 
blow  to  his  oonfldent  expeotationa  (tf  success;  but  his 
voyage  up  the  same  sound,  the  next  year,  is  the  best 
GOT  ment  he  could  make  upon  the  existence  of  the 
Oroknr  Mountains,  which  the  imagination  of  the  com- 
mander of  the  "Isabella"  had  conjured  up,  aa  barring 
all  adviupioe  to  the  westward. 
The  private  journal  of  another  officer  on  board  tiie 


'•■'- 


itmm 


■'■■'''•■' '•^'■"rfiri''-miilllii[niiliili>a»iiMlfiiiWii>rf^^^ 


i«L^«»;i»i,jiMijfyyt;yi|it'wy»'i;i'i}|iiiy^'if^^^ 


86 


lOOfOIBg  ov 


V 


"  Alexander"  is  more  emphatic  on  this  point  "  Not 
any  ice  ^aa  to  be  seen  in  any  direction,  and  ai;  7 
o'clock,  the  weather  being  remarkably  fine  and  clear, 
land  was  not  to  bo  discerned  between  N.  21''  W.  and 
N.  44°  E.  At  this  time,  our  distance  from  the  north- 
em  land  was  estimated  at  seven  or  eight  leagues,  and 
from  the  southern  six  or  seven  leagues,  but,  alas  I  the 
sanguine  hopes,  and  high  expectations,  excited  by  this 
promising  appearance  of  things,  were  but  of  short 
duration,  for,  about  three  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  the 
'Isabella'  tacked,  very  much  to  our  surprise  indeed,  as 
we  could  not  see  any  thing  like  land  at  the  bottom  of 
the  inlet,  nor  was  the  weather  well  calculated  at  the 
time  for  seeing  any  object  at  a  great  distance,  it  being 
somewhat  hazy.  When  she  tacked,  the  '  Ibubella'  was 
about  three  or  four  miles  ahead  of  us." 

During  the  homeward  voyage,  little  occurred  worthy 
of  mention.  In  Davis'  Straits,  the  ships  parted  com- 
pany in  a  heavy  gale,  but  arrived  at  Lerwick,  within 
two  hours  of  each  other,  on  the  same  day,  October  80, 
just  six  months  since  they  left  that  port  Here  they 
heard  that  the  "Dorothea"  and  "  Trent"  had  returned 
to  England,  having  failed  in  accomplishing  their  ob- 
ject Both  had  l)een  roughly  handled  by  the  ice,  and 
the  former  vessel,  at  one  time,  was  so  disabled,  as  to 
be  in  a  foundering  condition.  ,  i. .   * 

The  following  was  the  first  letter  written  by  Lieut. 
Farry  after  his  retuxn: 


-  1  #>•;. 


:.<..:,,:  ^,:  .i..:f,  ,<iy    ««JVb».  1,  1818.  '■■■''•  ^■' 

**B:  M  8. 'AleasanOer,*  SheOand. 
*♦  Mt  Dsasbst  Pakents  :  I  am  delighted  at  having  an 
oi^rtunityof  conveying  to  you  the  intelligence  of  our 


i^'iL. 


(**"" 


■  r 


>int.  "Not 
I,  and  ai  7 
10  and  clear, 
2P  W.  and 
n  the  iiorth- 
eugucs,  and 
tt,  alas  I  the 
ited  by  this 
It  of  abort 
emoon,  the 
3  indeed,  as 
5  bottom  of 
Atod  at  the 
ne,  it  being 
Mtbella'  was 

red  worthy 
tarted  com- 
ick,  within 
Dctober  80, 
Here  they 
d  returned 
g  their  ob- 
be  ioe,  and 
bled,  as  to 

a  by  Lieut. 

8. 

SheOand. 
t  having  an 
ence  of  our 


8»  W.  K.  PABHY.  m 

arrival.  A  few  momenta  only  are  allowed  me  to  write, 
and  wo  bIioU  be  in  England,  in  a  few  days,  ourralves.  For 
the  present,  therefore,  I  shall  only  say,  that  I  have  never 
had  one  raoniont's  indisposition,  and  am  now  in  the  most 
perfect  health,  and  have  done  my  duty.  These  are  bless- 
ings fbr  which  I  am  truly  grateful  to  God,  and  for  whicli 
your  thanksgivings  will,  I  know,  be  offered  to  Ilim.  If  J 
only  knew  that  those  I  love  in  England  were  well,  I  should 
be  very  comfortable.  On  the  subject  of  our  expedition  I 
shall  not  say  any  thing  now,  for  reasons  which,  by  and 
by,  will  be  obvious.  The  unanimity  that  has  prevailed 
among  us,  and  the  exoellont  health  ctovj  iisan  has  on* 
joyed,  is  dclightftil.    Adieu  I    God  bless  you  all.** 

The  return  of  the  expedition  sadly  disappointed  the 
hopes  of  those,  who  had.  so  sanguinely  believed  in  the 
existence  of  a  north-west  passage.  Captain  Boss  bad, 
it  is  true,  found  the  headlands  and  sounds  of  Baffin's 
Bay  tc  exist  as  Baffin  had  described  them,  and,  so  far, 
had  restored  the  credit  of  that  able  navigator,  whom 
discoveries  bad  been  almost  erased  from  the  map ;  but 
he  had  declared  the  impossibility  of  finding  an  open- 
ing to  the  westward,  in  terms  no  less  positive  than 
those  employed  by  Baffin  himself.  Of  the  five  sounds 
particularly  named  by  the  latter,  and  less  closely  ap- 
proached by  Roes,  three  have  been  since  prov(Qd  to  be, 
actual  passages.  But  though,  as  regarded  the  main 
question  at  issue,  so  little  had  been  ascompli^ied,  suf- 
^cient  hod  been  done  to  convince  some  of  those  en- 
gaged in  the  expedition,  that  more  might  etvsUy  be 
effected.  u 

"  I  feel  confident,"  writes  Parry  in  his  journal,  after 
leaving  Lancaster  Sound,  "  fiKjm  all  I  have  lately  wit- 


■rViinithr^iiif  Mti^r  wii  tt  rM'ila.. 


jmk^itiMiMu  ■■riilliii''iilii 


if*"' 


'•'' ' 


ijwiiit^ii. 


lUMOIU  OV 


neamd,  that  the  attempts  at  disooovenr  in  the  polar 
regions  have  always,  hitherto,  beea  relinquished  just 
at  a  time  when  there  was  the  greatest  chance  of  suc- 
ceeding." In  a  letter  written  home,  shortly  after  his 
return  to  Shetland,  he  aays: 

"That  we  have  not  sailed  through  the  North- West 
PitsMge,  our  return  in  so  short  a  period  is,  of  course,  a 
sufficient  indication ,  but  I  know  it  is  bi  existence,  and 
not  very  hard  to  find.  This  opinion  of  mine,  wliioh  is 
not  lightly  formed,  must  on  no  account  bo  uttered  out 
of  our  &mily ;  and  I  am  sure  it  will  not,  when  I  assure 
you  that  every  fiiture  prospect  of  mine  depends  upon  its 

being  kept  a  secret Our  ships  are  in  as  good 

condition  as  ever,  and,  with  a  fbw  stores,  I  should  be 
content  to  go  again  with  them  next  April.  I  only  wish 
they  would  let  me!"  ..v;   ■  , 


Hia  opinion  of  the  matter  was,  however,  soon  known 
at  headquarter*,  and,  doubtless,  had  ooosiderable  in- 
fluence  in  the  measures  promptly  taken  by  thn  Admi* 
ralty.    He  writes: 

••  London^  Nowmber  28^  * 
**  In  my  letter  of  yesterday,  I  purposely  avoided  toll- 
ing  you  that,  on  that  day,  I  had,  by  Mr.  Barrow's  advice, 
sent  my  card  up  to  Lord  Melville,  Wednesday  being  the 
day  appointed  for  seehig  officers.  We,  that  is,  Franklin 
and  myself;  saw  Mr.  Hay,  who  aoquunted  us,  from  his 

LordsUp,  that  he  would  see  us  on  Friday About 

three  o'clock,  Lord  Melviila  saw  us,  Frank'*n,  as  senior 
officer,  the  first.  He  conversed  with  mo  upon  our  expe* 
dition,  and)  what  was  more  interesting  to  me,  upon  what 
yet  remained  to  be  done.    Yon  must  know  tJwt,  on  oor 


V  '" 


-»<--., 


*iHiiliili 


■■•B* 


UB  W.  a.  PAJWT. 


80 


the  polar 

«hcd  juBt 

oe  of  Buo- 

after  hia 


Drth-West 
course,  a 
tonoe,  and 
,  which  !■ 
terod  out 
1  I  amure 
>  upon  ita 
i  aa  good 
ihottld  be 
only  wiah 


>n  known 
arable  in- 
if\  Admi- 

%ber2B.   ^ 
%tded  toll* 
r'a  advice,^ 
being  the 
,  Franklfai 

from  hia 
.  .  About 

aa  aenior 
oar  expe- 
ipon  what 
i%  on  oor 


late  voyage,  we  entered  a  magnificent  atrait  from  thirty 
to  aixty  miJea  wide,  upon  the  west  ooaat  of  JBaffln*s  Bay, 
and — came  out  again^  nobody  Icnowa  why !  Yon  liuow 
I  waa  not  aanguine,  formerly,  aa  to  the  existence  of  a 
north-west  passage,  or  aa  to  the  practicability  of  it  if 
it  did  exist.  But  our  voyage  to  thia  Lanoaater  Sound, 
aa  Baffin  calk  it,  haa  left  quite  a  dlilisrent  impression, 
for  it  has  not  only  given  ua  every  reason  to  believe  thut 
it  ia  a  broad  paasago  into  some  aea  to  the  westward,  (pro* 
bably  that  of  Heame  and  Mackensie,)  but,  what  ia  more 
important  atill,  that  it  ia,  at  certain  aeasona,  practicable; 
for,  when  we  were  there,  there  waa  not  a  bit  of  ice  to 
be  seen.  Tliia  truth  haa  been  fUlly  communicated  to 
Lord  Melville  by  Barrow,  who  had,  with  hia  usual  di»> 
oemment,  immediately  dhtcovored  it,  without  any  infor- 
mation  from  me  upon  the  aul^ect.  Lord  Melville  con- 
versed with  me,  pretty  freely,  on  the  probability  of  a 
pusaage  there.** 

(Jndflr  theie  oiromnstanoofl,  it  was  not  likely  that 
the  eneiKetio  Seowtary  of  the  Admiraltj  would  allow 
the  great  question  to  rest,  and,  aooordingly,  in  Decem- 
ber of  the  same  year,  two  vessels,  the  "Hecla"  and 
"Griper"  were  selected,  under  the  advice  of  Parry 
himseli^  and  taken  into  dock  to  be  repaired  and 
strengthened  for  Arctic  service.      .  t  ij    •>  .& 

"Who  ia  to  command  them,'*  he  says,  "we  do  not 
know  yet,  but  it  ia  phdn  that  I  ahaU  have  some  finger 
hi  thia  new  pie,  ifHiich  ia  all  I  oare  about.  It  waa  also 
very  grattfying  to  find,  on  gohig  to  the  Hydrographical 
Office,  that  they  were  making  oopiea  of  my  oharta  of 
BaAn'a  Bay^  in  preference  to  any  othera.*' 

It  waa  not  long  before  his  highest  hopes  were  con- 


mm 


««,iMi,A,w-iM!m^»:.,w.:--Jii^ijtstd:Mi^i^iilij^.,^ 


!.'# 


r 


I 


WW 


00 


ttiMOiaa  09 


flrmwl    On  the  16th  January,  1819,  ho  wm,  to  hb 
own  intonMi)  mtUiUotion,  appointed  to  tiio  oommftnd  of 
the  "Hoolft,"  and  of  tlie  expedition,  Liout  Liddon 
being  placed  under  his  orders  in  the  "  Qriper." 

**  There  wm  a  groat  dUouMion  at  the  Admiralty,  a* 
Mr.  Maxwolt'ii  letter  inCormod  aa,  before  they  would 
flrially  dooldo  who  waa  to  oomnuind  the  expedition.  Mr. 
Barrow  wa*  for  mo,  and  Sir  O.  Oockburn  waa  well  in< 
olined  towarda  me.  The  latter,  however,  being  deter* 
lolnod  to  be  governed  by  no  fueling  but  the  fltneas  of  the 
poraon  ho  ahould  ohooao,  waa  requoated  by  Mr.  Barrow 
to  take  all  the  joamala,  and  to  fbrm  a  Judgment  by 
them.  It  waa  on  thla  aoore  that  ho  told  Lord  Melville 
that  I  waa  the  poraon  ho  ahould  roeoramend,  and  I  was 
ohoaen  aooordlngly.  This  is  very  gratifying  to  me  and 
to  yon  all.  I  have  the  aoeount  fVom  Mr.  Barrow.  You 
will  be  pleased  to  hear  that  all  our  supplies  will  be  on 
the  same  liberal  scale  as  last  year's  expedition,  which 
is,  indeed,  taken  as  a  sort  of  standard,  and,  as  fitr  as  re- 
gards the  material  part  of  the  equipment,  they  can  not  do 
better." 

He  waa  not  less  gratified  with  the  Admiralty  in« 
structiona,  in  which  he  was  recommended  to  attempt 
the  passage,  in  the  first  instanoe,  through  Lancaster 
Sound.  It  will  bo  a  matter  of  aurpriae  to  many,  as  it 
was,  no  doubt,  to  Parry  himself  that,  notwithstanding 
the  oonfidenoe  thus  reposed  in  him,  promotion  waa 
still  delayed.  For  this,  however,  he  now  oared  com- 
patatively  little.  "When  I  look,"  he  aaid,  "at  the 
'  Hecla,'  and  at  the  ohart  of  Lancaster  Sonud,  oh  I  what 
is  promotion  to  this ! " 


^^  .^^if  *^«.T^<^*-*'-  -«»yi^'^-*wK*'^i^0:' 


r 


mn 


iO  WM,  to  hb 
oommttnil  of 
[iiout  Liddon 
■ipor." 

Admiralty,  m 
•a  thoy  woalil 
edition.  Mr. 
n  WM  wull  in« 
,  boing  dotor- 
)  fltnoM  of  the 
y  Mr.  Barrow 
Judgment  by 
Lord  Mulvillo 
nd,  and  I  won 
ng  to  mo  and 
iarrow.  You 
Hoi  will  bo  on 
edition,  which 
i,  at  fitr  as  ro- 
wj  oan  not  do 

Admiralty  in« 
d  to  attempt 
gh  Lanoaster 
9  many,  aa  it 
tIrithBtanding 
romotioii  was 
vr  oared  com* 
said,  "at  the 
ludfOhl  what 


MK  w.  M,  fAtrnt. 


tl 


OHAPTBRV. 

Pwry't  tint  Voy«g»-"  HmU  "  «nd  "Orip«r"  puM  Uiroagh  UnoMter 
Bound— ••  WMtnnmi,  Hoi"— Winter  at  IfstvUlo  Iiliuul  —  B«tura 
IIoin»— PromoUua  to  Oommuider— Vratdom  of  Bath,  tto. 


••  I  h«v«  nol  tiM  imtllMl  daubt,  thai  •  (hip  preTM«il,  m  «•  ««r«,  with  kban- 
dasM  of  proTldant,  warn  ololhlnf,  and  fUal,  m%h(  wiawr  la  Um  kighatt  lailtuda 
Ifeal  «•  hart  iMMta  In,  wIUmuI  lullirlng  maurlall/  alihar  froai  mM  «r  dlaaM*."— 
JU«iil.  rurnf'i  Jiuamat  im  U.  M.  A  "  Almandtr,"  1SI8. 


1819—1820.  .'    : 

Th«  "Heda"  and  "Griper"  were  fitting  out  at 
Deptford,  the  former  in  the  very  spot  in  the  dockyard 
where  the  "Alexander"  had  been  commiMioned  by 
Parry  in  the  preceding  year.  "  I  can  acaroely,"  he 
aaye,  "yet  bring  myself  to  believe,  that  one  abort 
twelvemonth  has  conferred  upon  me  the  conmiand  in 
an  expedition,  of  which  I  waa  then  proud  to  be  second." 
The  equipment  of  the  ahipe  waa  left  entirely  to  himself, 
and  no  pains  were  spared  in  following  out  his  instruc- 
tions. In  Older  to  expeditQ  matters,  the  work  was  car* 
ried  on  by  torchlight  every  evening,  after  the  usual 
hours ;  and  it  was  said,  that  the  same  amount  of  work 
had  scarcely  ever  been  done  in  the  yard,  by  an  equal 


i« 


■3> 


i»i.iniin»itirt  ■!  I  l^mi,^-M.f  ,,^^i..,.wVA ...■■■:: 


f 


«■  luuioaw  or 

nnmbor  of  tr.c-v,  in  the  iomo  npnm  of  time.  The  eon- 
l}dcn<30  plao' ti  hi  hia  judgment  waa  ao  great,  that  no 
officer  waa  apf  unted  totlto  voaiola  under  hia  command, 
without  Ant  oouau!?'  'g  him,  and  without  hia  AiU  con- 
acnt.  Witli  the  oxr/'  'li<>a  of  Lieut  Liddon,  on  offlcer, 
in  Parv'a  opinion,  ^  vjat  pnjmiae,  and  one  boaido, 
all  had  been  cutployod  >n  one  or  other  of  the  two  ox* 
poditiona  of  the  provioua  year.  Franklin,  with  whom 
Parry  would  gladly  have  been  nascwiated,  and  under 
whom  ho  would  have  boon  well  contont  to  acrvo,  woa 
not  of  their  number,  having  been  appointed  to  the  com- 
mand of  that  land  expedition  to  the  ahorea  of  the  North* 
American  Continont,  which  waa  invoHtcd  with  nri  inter- 
eat,  if  not  in  ita  roaulta,  at  least  in  iUt  advunturca  and 
miafortunoa,  oven  greater  than  that  which  we  are  about 
to  deaeribc. 

With  Buch  offloera  to  aerve  under  him.  Parry  felt 
auooeaa  to  bo  doubly  sure. 

**  I  really  think  '•  (are  hia  worda)  **  that  we  are  gobg 
out  under  the  moit  oumtbrtablo  cirounutanoes,  in  every 
reapeot,  that  can  be  bnaglned.  How  delightAil  it  ia  that 
we  should  all  know  each  other,  and,'I  may  add,  how  mnoh 
better  fbr  the  Mrvieo !  All  will,  I  truat,  be  oonfldenoe 
and  good  humor.  Wo  are  all  looking  to  one  ol^eot,  and 
I  am  oertaUi  there  is  not  an  officer  on  board  who  will  not 
do  hia  utmost  to  attain  it." 

The  ahipa  were  readily  manned.  No  aooner  were 
they  oommiaaioned  than  crowds  of  volunteera  offered 
theinaelvea,  and  the  only  difficulty  was  that  of  seleotion. 
When  this  waa  oompletn,  no  vessola  in  the  British  N«tt 
ooold  boaat  a  finer  set  of  petty  offioera,  aeamoai,  |m|I|>. 


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vAt,  that  no 
la  command, 
hia  fUU  cou> 
),  on  ofllccr, 

ono  bofliilo, 
the  two  ox* 
with  whom 

and  under 
•>  aervo,  woa 
to  tho  com* 
f  the  North- 
ith  an  inter* 
enturuH  and 
re  art)  about 

I,  Parry  folt 

re  are  gobg 
oea,  in  evurjr 
M  it  ia  that 
1,  how  muuh 
i  oonfidonoe 
)  otti^^  <uid 
who  will  not 


looner  were 
een  offered 
ofaeleotion. 
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marines,  than  tho  fourscore  and  fifteen,  who  answered 
to  their  n&mes  at  the  muster  on  board  the  "  Heola" 
and  «*  Griper,"  on  ^he  morning  of  the  Ist  of  May,  1810. 
"  Perhaps,"  writes  Parry,  "  I  ought  not  to  praise  my 
ship  too  much,  for  it  is  something  like  praising  one*s 
own  child,  but  she  really  appears  to  me  to  be  perfeo* 
tion  for  tliis  service.  I  believe  she  is  as  complete  as 
human  art  con  contrive.  Oh  1  how  I  long  to  be  among 
the  ice  I"  With  the  "  Griper  "  ho  was  not  so  well  con- 
tent, and,  before  the  ships  left  th»  river,  he  had  actu- 
ally contemplated  the  possibility  of  leaving  her  behind 
altogether,  and  boldly  proceeding  alone  in  his  &vorito 
"  Hoola."  On  the  passage  to  the  Nore,  however,  she 
answered  better  than  had  been  expected,  and  h^  aban- 
donedthe  hazardous  project  of  a  solitary  Arctic  voyage: 
but  her  slow  sailing  proved,  throughout  the  voyage,  as 
great  a  source  of  hindrance  and  vexation,  as  that  of  the 
"  Alexander  "  had  been  in  the  year  before. 

On  the  11th  of  May,  the  ships  left  the  river,  and 
passed  the  Orknejrs  on  the  24l3t.  Four  days  after- 
wards, they  w«re  in  sight  of  tbe  small  solitary  cr^ 
called  Bookall.  "  There  is,  perhaps,"  observes  Parry, 
"  no  mdro  striking  proof  of  the  infinite  value  of  c3m>* 
nometera  at  sea,  than  ths  certainty  with  which  a  ship 
may  sail  directly  for  a  ringle  rook  like  this,  rising  like 
a  speck  out  of  the  ocean,  and  at  the  distance  of  forty- 
seven  leagues  firom  any  other  land."  In  obedience  to 
the  Admiralty  instructions,  bottles  were  thrown  over- 
board, each  containing  an  account  of  the  sitoatibn  of 
the  ships,  with  the  date^  and  a  request  in  mx  European 
langua^  that  whoever  found  it  would  forward  it  to 
tho  Sccretaiy  of  the  Admiralty.    This  was  done^  every 


i 


•w'  '• 


^  ' 


^  xaxoiu  o»     ,  ' 

day,  during  thia  and  subaequent  voTagea^  except  when 
the  Bhipa  were  beset  in  the  ice.  On  the  16th  of  June, 
tiiey  had  a  view  of  Cape  Farewell,  at  the  extroordinaiy 
dMtonoe  of  forty  leagues.  Thia  waa  ottributed  to  the 
increaaed  tranaparenoy  of  the  atmosphere  before  rain, 
aided  by  the  weU-known  effects  of  lefhintion  in  those 
aeaa.''.;,',,,^:, 

Aa  the  ships  advanced  along  the  east  aide  of  Davia 
Straits,  they  found  a  uniform,  and  almost  unbroken, 
sheet  of  ice  to  the  westward,  interspersed  with  numei^ 
ous  ioebeigs  of  a  large  size.    Against  these  the  heavy 
southerly  swell  dashed  the  loose  ice  with  tremendous 
force,  sometimes  raising  a  white  spray  to  the  height  of 
more  than  a  hundred  feet,  "  accompanied  with  a  loud 
roar,  resembling  the  roar  of  distant  thunder,  and  pre- 
senting  a  scene  at  once  sublime  and  terriflo."*    They 
had  now  almost  reached  the  latitude  of  Lancaster  Sound, 
but  the  barrier  of  ice  which  intervened  was  aa  obstinate 
as  ever ;  and,  for  some  time,  all  eflforts  to  pierce  it  were 
in  vain.    At  night,  the  fog  used  to  freeze  so  haidin 
the  rigging  and  aails,  that  some  <om  had  to  be  shaken 
off  in  the  morning,  before  the  ropes  could  be  properly 
handled    Once,  the  "Heda  "  was  nearly  nipped  be- 
tweenafloeand  anioebezg,  against  which  a  strong  cttr> 
rent  was  driving  the  fohner.    The  boate  were  lowered 
only  just  in  time  to  tow  the  ship  dear,  for,  one  minute 
afterwards,  the  ice  came  violently  in  oontaot  with  the 
betg,  surrounding  it  on  every  side. 

Oonvittoed,  by  his  experienoe  of  the  huit  year,  of  the 
probable  existence  of  dear  water  on  the  other  side  <rf 

•  Riny-B NvwUre of  •  Voyi«e  Ibc  the DbooToy  of  •  NorthlVeii 
PaMige. 


SSffw 


^W 


-.^^^'" 


except  when 
6th  of  June, 
xtraordiiuuy 
ibuted  to  the 
before  rain, 
tion  in  those 

Ide  of  Davis 
It  unbroken, 
with  numer* 
w  the  heavy 
tremendous 
tie  height  of 
with  a  loud 
ier,  and  pre> 
lo.»»    They 
uter  Sound, 
as  obstinate 
erce  it  were 
9  so  hard  in. 
>  be  shaken 
be  properly 
nipped  be- 
strong  our* 
are  lowered 
erne  minute 
ot  with  the 

re«r,  ofthe 
ler  mddoi 

«  Horth.WMt 


SIB  W.  B.  PABRT. 


M. 


Bafln's  Bay,  Parry  made  one  more  strenuous  effort  to 
force  a  passage  to  the  westward,  and,  this  time,  bis 
exertions  were  crowned  with  Buoceas.    After  a  whole 
week  of  most  laborious  and  tedious  sailing,  trackmg, 
and  towing,  sometimes  not  making  more  than  four 
miles  in  one  day,  or  a  few  hundred  yards  in  a  night, 
the  barrier  was  passed,  and  dear  water  gained.    Sir 
James  Lancaster's  Sound  was  now  op^'n  before  them. 
The  best  months  in  the  year  for  the  navigation  of  the 
northern  seas  were  yet  to  come,  whUe  the  magnificent 
range  of  mountains  at  the  entrance  of  the  Sound,  re- 
oalUng  fordbly  to  mind  the  events  of  the  preceding 
autumn,  inspired  aU  with  feelings  of  animation  and 
eager  hope.    On  the  81b*  of  July,  a  party  was  sent  on 
shore  to  a  spot  which  had  been  visited  in  the  former 
year.   The  flag-stafif  they  had  erected  yras  still  standing, 
and  the  tracks  of  their  own  feet  were  as  distinct  as  if 
imprinted  yesterday,  B>.owing  that  littie  or  no  snow  had 
fiiUen  for  the  last  eleven  months.    This,  too,  was  a 
favorable  sign.    "We  were  now"  (writes  the  com- 
mander  of  the  expedition)  "  about  to  enter  and  explore 
that  great  sound  or  inlet,  which  had  obtained  a  degree 
of  celebrity,  beyond  what  it  might  otherwise  have  been 
considered  to  possess,  from  the  very  opposite  opmions 
which  have  been  held  with  regard  to  it    .    .    .    . 
We  all  felt  it  was  that  point  of  the  voyage,  whidi  was 
to  determine  the  suooess  or  feiluie  of  the  expedition," 
A  westerly  wind  and  swell,  setting  down  the  Sound, 
for  some  time  tantalized  these  ardent  expectations  of  all 

on  board  the  two  vessels,  in  those  daysunaided  by  the 
power  of  steam,  now  so  invaluable  an  assistant  to 
deeds  of  naval  enterprise.    At  length  the  wiahed-for 


"jS&'i 


fT' 


r- 


f 


r 


* 


MBMOnM  OV 


momentum*  An  eMtorly  breew  gpnuig  up,  «ad  • 
crowd  of  Md  WM  sot,  to  cany  to  the  wertwMd  the  fan- 
pattont  Md  etgw  di*»tw«  of  (WMi  iMfore  nnplooghed 
by  any  keel,  ud  of  Umdion  whiohtheeywof  dviliwd 
men  had  oerer  yet  retted. 

"H  U  more  omj  to  irnngiu*  than  deeoriba  the  almoit 
breathlev  awiaty,  whioh  wm  now  rUble  in  ererr  eoon. 
tenanoe,  whUe,  at  the  breew  hwreaMd  to  a  freih  gale,  we 
ran  up  the  Sound.  The  mantheada  were  orowded  by  o«. 
oew  and  men.  during  the  whole  afternoon;  and  L  nn- 
eonoemed  obeenrer,  if  any  one  could  hare  b«,B  uneon. 
ocmed  on  aaoh  an  oooasion,  would  hare  been  amoaed  at 
the  eagemeM  with  whioh  the  varioua  reporte  Ihmi  the 
orow'i-neit '  were  received,  all,  howcTor,  hitherto  fcror- 
•Die  to  our  moat  aanguino  hopea.** 

TSf  S^^T^T  "*^  ^y  had  mrtoally  entewd 
the  Polar  Sea  "-^hei.  "  b(»g»n  to  odotda*e  the  dirtanoe 
and  beanng.  of  ley  Oapo  "«whfle,  again,  the  ay  of 
"land  »  from  the  mast-head  cast  aU  their  hopes  to  the 
ground,  nnta  the  dreaded  banter  was  diaoovaid  to  be 
•only  an  island  ofnoToiy  large  extent"  Soon, how- 
over.  It  was  endent  to  aU,  that,  as  Ar  as  fludfaur  the 

S^ J?  V*?  ^°^'^-*  P-W  i~^onoSned, 
their  ofl^  had  been  crowned  with  complete  soooesa! 
OrokerMountamshad,  phaatom-like,  ftded  itttothin 
aurbefbrathebowsoftlie"Heola."  To  a  bnge  m»». 
lyk&e  northern  shore  Lleni  Ptory  gave  t&  2me 
of  OroWs  Bay,  "befaig  anxious  to  sefaw,  as  it  wouM 
seem,  the  earliest  opportunity  of  makuig  some  oompen* 
sation  fbr  having  transformed,  as  with  a  touch  of  Hnle- 


ti1&d^-iw.i^  >4..^i'ii.iSi'i^,>'a^£'C 


•>  -r^.^ .  Mtn^A«iikM..'^.^u..:— I.-..  -M  .t^-..,. 


.  ,#- 


offop,  and  • 

^ward  theiin* 

'  anploQghed 


•  the  aloMtt 
itTWfj  oonn. 
Irfldigal«,we 
frdedb/ofl. 
;  aod  an  on- 
been  nnooo. 
n  MnoMd  •( 
Its  flroQ  the 
therto  iiiTor- 


.#•.' 


ftar.  Some 
•llj  entered 
^disteDoe 
*fc«  oiy  of 
liopettothe 
'▼wed  to  be 
Soon,  how- 
Buding  the 
concerned, 
BtogQooeM. 
1  itttothin 
bigeopen- 
the  name 
I  it  wonid 
ieoonipen« 
^ofHarle. 


■n  w.  a.  FABar.  w 

qoin's  wand,  the  magnifloent  and  iosaperable  range  of 
inoontaina,  which  a  former  expedition  bad  aasigned  to 
one  Secretary  of  the  Admiralty,  into  a  broad  and  un* 
interrapted  paaiage^  (Barrow'a  Strait,)  bearing  the  name 
of  the  other  Secretary.  In  fact,  neither  mountain,  nor 
ice,  nor  any  other  obstacle,  real  or  imaginary,  opposed 
the  progress  of  Lieut.  Parry."  * 

Hitherto,  the  water  had  been  entirely  free  from  ice, 
bat  soon  a  compact  body  of  floes  was  found  blocking 
np  the  passage  to  the  westward.  The  weather,  which 
hod  been  for  some  time  rather  hazy,  now  cleared  up, 
and  a  largd  opan'ng  was  seen  to  the  southward,  over 
which  the  dark  "water-sky"  seemed  to  promise  an 
open  sea.  In  hopes  that  this  might  lead  to  a  clear  pass* 
age,  in  a  lower  latitude  than  that  of  Barrow's  Strait, 
the  ships  stood  down  the  east  side  of  Prince  Regent's 
Inlet,  so  named  in  honor  of  the  royal  personage,  the 
annirersary  of  whose  birthday  fell  about  this  time.  As 
they  sailed  down  this  inlet,  they  were  iq>proaohing  n- 
pidly  to  the  Magnetic  Pole  of  the  earUi,  afterwards 
visited  by  Sir  J.  0.  Boas^  then  a  midshipman  on  board 
the  "  Hechk"  The  sluggishness  of  the  compasses  had 
been  gradually  inoreasing  ever  since  they  passed  Lan- 
caster Sound,  and  now  they  "  witnessed,  for  the  first 
tine^  the  ooxious  phenomenon  of  the  direotir**  power 

•QMrtwtrBwitir.snr.pblSe.  . 

AAwtto  ntwa  «rik«  optditlM  to  ] 

SffwwJ  ia  CM  cftlM  wfwlBt  t»pmi 

Old  Stetad  Mb  0%  he  •  wiMl*  had  I 
8a  lA*  tte  iMd^  tt  MMMd  n  Mud 
BM  Km  kw  toM  tiM  ooaTMw  of  tbli  talt^ 

■  -.^l^^i^..^^  ,...,?*•  taiid  »•  •»  in»— "  Mry  M«  •  talaiil" 


ths  Mlowtaf  «plgnMi 


^*' 


•mm^m 


k' 


09 


MIUOIU  or 


of  the  needlo  becoming  so  weak,  m  to  be  completely 
overcome  hy  the  attraction  ot  the  ship,  to  that  the  noo- 
dle might  now  be  laid  to  point  to  the  north  polo  of  the 
■hip."  For  the  purposes  of  navigation,  therefore,  the 
oompasBes  were  no  longer  of  use,  and  the  binnacles  were 
stowed  away  below,  while,  for  magnetioal  observations, 
the  oompawes  had  to  be  jfamoved  to  the  shore,  or  the 

Me.  V       .;;.;:". 

The  hopes,  which  had  been  gradnallj  rising  with  the 
increasing  width  of  the  inlet,  were  soon  ru^plj  dashed 
to  the  ground,  by  the  sight  of  an  extensive  Inurrier  of 
ice  before  them,  beyond  which  no  water  oould  be  seen. 
They  retraced  their  steps,  accordingly,  to  Barrow's 
Straits,  where,  to  their  joy  and  surprise,  the  barrier 
of  ice,  which  had  before  stopped  them,  had  entirely 
disappeared.  Fogs  and  light  winds  rendered  their 
passage  slow,  but,  on  the  evening  of  the  22d  August^ 
they  were  off  the  mouth  of  a  broad  channel,  eight 
leagues  in  width,  on  the  northern  shore  of  the  strait 
To  this  the  name  of  the  Duke  of  Wellington  was  giveii : 

"The  arrival  off  this  grand  opening  was  «n  event  for 
whioh  we  had  long  been  looking  with  maoh  anxiety  and 
impatience ;  for  the  oontinoity  of  land  to  the  northward 
had  always  been  a  soaroe  of  uneasbeas  to  as,  prinoipally, 
firom  tbie  poasibility  that  it  might  take  a  turn  to  the 
southward,  and  unite  with  the  coast  of  Amerio$.  The 
iq>pear8noe  of  this  broad  opening,  Ave  from  ioe,  and  of 
the  laa^  on  each  side  of  it,  more  eqwoiall  j  that  on  the 
west,  left  Boaroely  a  doubt  on  our  minds  of  the  latter 
being  an  islSnd,  and  relieved  us  from  ail  anxiety  on  this 
•core.  Every  ono  felt  that  wo  were  now,  finally,  discn« 
tangled  from  the  land  whioh  forms  the  western  sidfi  of 


Jijit.S:^.^  ^^%'.ii.th-^^Lj.^^^^'Y'  *■"  - 


complotuljr 
ut  the  noo> 
polo  of  tho 
srefore,  the 
oaoleewere 
leervatioiu, 
ore,  or  the 

ag  with  the 
1^7  dashed 

barrier  of 
lid  be  seen. 
9  Barrow'i 
tho  barrier 
kd  entirely 
lered  their 
lid  August) 
mel,  eight 

the  strait 
was  giveii: 

D  event  for 
uiziety  and 
northward 
prinoipally, 
urn  to  the 
Mica.  The 
ioe,  and  of 
hat  on  the 
'the  latter 
etyon  this 
laUy,  discn- 
ern  aid**  of 


/'. 


SIB  W.  B.  PAaBT. 


0» 


Baffln't  Bay,  and  that,  in  ikot,  we  bad  actually  entorod 
the  Poliir  8oa.»* 

Tho  soa  being  still  sufficiently  open  to  the  wostwani, 
Parry  did  not  connidor  himself  juatiflcd  in  exploring 
Wellington  Ohannel.    Their  progress  was  still  much 
retarded  by  fogs,  which  obsouml  tho  view  at  times  so 
completely,  that  tho  "Griper"  could  not  be  seen 
trom   tho    "HeoU"    at   the   distance   of  a  cable's 
length  astern.    In  the  absence  of  the  sun  us  woU  as  of 
tho  compasses,  the  ship's  course  could  only  be  regulated 
by  the  direction  of  the  breease,  which,  fortunately,  blew 
pretty  steadily  from  tho  eastward.     Notwithstanding 
these  difficulties,  considerable  advance  was  ms'^e  in  the 
desirod  direction,  and,  on  the  8d  September,  the  cheer- 
ing intelligence  was  announced  by  Parry  to  his  crews, 
that  they  had  become  entitled  to  the  first  in  the  scale 
of  rewards,  granted  by  Parliament  to  these  who  should 
succeed  in  penetrating  to  longitude  110°  W.  of  Oreen- 
wioh,  within  the  Axotio  Circle.    A  promontory  of  Mel- 
ville Island,  off  which  they  were  at  the  time,  woa 
named  by  the  men,  "  Bounty  Gape,"  and  hailed  by  all 
as  the  first  fruits  of  saocess. 

Beyond  this  point  was  another  cape,  to  which  the  ioe 
waa  so  dosely  attaehed,  that  frurthor  advance  Ibr  the 
present,  sesmied  impossible.  Fortunately,  an  excellent 
harbor  offlsred  itself,  ai^d  the  shipa  were  brought  to 
anchor  in  the  "Bay  of  the  'Heda'  and  'Qriper.'" 
This  was  the  first  spot  where  the  ships  had  anchored 
rince  leaving  Yarmouth  Boftds,  and,  as  it  seemed  to 
mark,  in  a  very  dedded  manner,  the  oompletioa  of  one 
■toge  of  ihe  Toyage,  the  euugns  and  pendants  were 


/     ' 


.V. 


r^ 


100 


Mnroiw  ov 


hoisted.  "  It  OTMted  in  ua,"  wrltoi  Parry,  "  no  ordi- 
nary fbolingi  of  pleasure,  to  seo  the  Dritish  flog  waving, 
for  the  first  time,  in  thono  regions,  wliioh  hod  hitherto 
been  considered  beyond  the  limits  of  the  habitoble 
parts  of  the  world." 

It  was  now  the  7th  of  September,  and  the  season  for 
navigation  was,  evidently,  fust  drawing  to  its  oloso. 
Parry,  however,  felt  that  every  moment  of  the  time 
which  yet  remained  was  prooiotu,  and  determined  to 
extend  his  operations  to  tho  latest  possible  porio<l.  Tho 
anchors  were,  accordingly  once  more  weighed,  and  tlio 
ships  crept  slowly  along  the  south  shore  of  Melville 
Island.  The  nights  were  already  so  dark,  that,  de- 
prived of  tho  use  of  compasses,  they  could  not  venture 
to  move  between  the  hours  of  ten  and  two ;  and,  oven 
in  brood  daylight^  the  dangers,  to  which  they  were 
every  hour  exposed,  were  such  as  might  have  daunted 
the  stoutest  heart  Once,  a  floe,  running  against  the 
ice  to  which  the  "  Heda"  was  secured,  turned  her  vio* 
lently  round,  as  on  a  pivot ;  and  on  another  oooosiorr, 
bot!i  ships  narrowly  esoi^)ed  destruction,  being  within 
a  few  hundred  yards  of  Uie  place,  whore  an  enormous 
floe  dashed  against  the  heavy  grounded  ice.  A  few 
days  later,  the  "  Griper  "  was  driven  on  shore  by  the 
ao^on  of  the  ice,  and  was  only  got  afloat  again  after 
■erere  labor  on  the  port  of  boUi  orews.  Lieut  Liddon 
was  than  yeij  ill,  and  Parry  proposed  to  remove  him 
to  the  "  HeoJa,"  untU  the  "Qriper "  sLould  be  afloat. 
To  this  oflfar  he  tamed  a  deaf  ear,  and  in  the  q)irit 
of  •  true  British  sailor,  dedhoed  he  would  be  the  last, 
instead  of  the  flrst^  to  leave  his  ship,  and  remained, 
ihrooghont  the  time^  seated  on  the  lee  side  of  the  ship. 


ft 

■]■'  '  '  "  'lilill'  "f"-'i]  itii'irtiliVil 


■IK  W.  ■.  PAMT. 


Ml 


"  no  ordl* 
og  waving, 
\d  hitherto 
I  hftbitoble 


I  MMon  for 
>  its  oloM. 
f  tho  tiino 
irrained  to 
rio(l.  Tho 
3d,  and  tlio 
f  Melville 
;,  that,  do- 
lOt  venture 

and,  oven 
thoy  were 
ve  daunted 
tgainst  the 
ed  her  vio* 
r  oooosion, 
ing  within 
I  onormoufl 
9.  A  few 
>re  by  tho 
kgain  after 
lut  Liddon 
move  him 

be  afloat. 

the  spirit 
3e  the  last, 

remained, 
»f  the  ship, 


glfing  the  noeciaftfy  ordem.    Theae  continued  miahapa 
brought  all  roluctontly  to  tho  conoluaion,  that  the  time 
had  arrived,  when  it  become  neooaaary  to  look  out  ft* 
winter  quortcra.    With  the  concurrence  of  hia  officers, 
Lieut  Parry  determined  to  regain,  if  poasiblo,  the  "  Bay 
of  the  •Hocla'  and  'Oriper,'  "  whioh  alone  seemed  to 
uflbr  convenient  aheltar.     Thla,  however,  waa  not  ao 
eaay ;  the  ice  in  the  boy  had  incroaaed  much  wnoe  they 
left  it,  though  only  o  few  daya  before,  and,  to  add  to 
their  difflcultiea  the  young  ice  waa  forming  rapidly  on 
the  aur&ce  of  the  water.    Before  they  could  reoch  the 
hofbor  which  hod  been,  selected  in  the  boy,  it  waa 
noceaaary  to  cut  a  channel  of  more  than  two  milea  in 
length,  through  whioh  the  ihipa  were  drown  into  their 
winter  quarters.    For  three  daya,  both  ahipe'oomponioa 
wore  employed  in  thia  arduous  task,  in  which  officers 
and  men  shared  olike,  while,  ft>romost  among  oil,  ever 
ready  to  devise  expedients,  ond,  by  example  ond 
word,  to  encourage  tho  rest,  wos  Lieut  Pony  himself. 
Up  to  their  knees  in  water,  with  the  thermometer 
nearly  at  aero,  not  o  comploint  wos  heard,  and,  when 
tho  ships  ot  length,  ot  three  P.M.  on  the  26th  September, 
reached  their  station  in  Winter  Habbob,  the  event 
wos  haUed  with  throe  as  hearty  cheers  as  ever  burst 
fVom  the  lips  of  British  seamen. 

The  most  difficult  part  of  Pony'a  task  now  began. 
Hitherto,  while  the  neoeaaity  of  active  exertion  re- 
mained, ond  oonstont  watchfulness  of  eye  and.  bond 
were  requisite  in  the  prosecution  of  the  dangerous  voy 
nge,  it  was  comparatively  easy  for  the  commander  of 
the  expedition  to  preierve  ihe  health  and  oheerfUlnca 
of  the  crews.    Now,  however,  it  needed  oil  the  ro- 


W 


spsi 


"•w"-^. 


n^ 


mim 


h  • 


L 


IM 


mMOlM  09  * 


»• 


■ottnM  of  •  ferlU*  mind,  Mid  an  Mihra  numpli^  to 
prerent  th«  evil  oonMqoenooi  Ukeljr  to  ariM  from  want 
of  regular  emplojment,  during  the  drsarj  boun  of  a 
northnm  winter.  But  Parrjr  wai  ftillj  equal  to  Ibe 
emergency. 

"  ICavliijf  now  reaofied  tlie  itatton  where  in  tSl  proba* 
blllty,  wo  were  doatlnod  to  remain  fcr  at  leaet  eight  or 
nine  montba,  during  three  of  whiob  we  were  not  to  we 
the  (kce  of  the  aan,  mj  attention  wae  inunediatelj  and 
4mperioud7  <MUI«d  to  varioua  important  datiea,  many  of 
them  of  a  abigular  nature,  ■uob  aa  bad,  for  the  flrat  tbne, 
derolved  on  any  oiBoer  of  Hie  Mi^eatjr**  Nary,  Md  might, 
indeed,  be  oontidered  of  rare  ooourrenoe  in  the  whole 
biatorjr  of  navigation.*** 

The  aeouritj  of  the  ahipa,  and  comfort  of  thoae  on 
board,  waa  the  flrrt  concern.    Both  vcmoIm  were  houiied 
over  with  thick  ooveringa,  and  the  bertha  w.irmed,  aa 
well  aa  the  oiroumitanooa  would  allow,  by  a  current  of 
heated  air  IVom  an  oven.    The  upper  deck  waa  cloarcd, 
to  leave  room  for  active  exerdae,  when  the  weather  ' 
ahould  be  too  inclement  to  leave  the  ahipa.    On  theae 
oooaaiona,  the  men  were  made  to  run  round  the  deck, 
to  the  tune  of  a  hand-organ,  or  one  of  their  own  aonga  • 
while,  aa  a  fUrther  aafeguaid  againat  aourvy,  they  were 
obliged  to  drink,  each  day,  a  certain  qoantity  of  lime- 
juice  add  water,  under  the  inapeotion  of  an  offloer. 
"Thia  precaution,"  aaya  Parry,  "may  aeem  unnecea. 
eary  to  thoae  who  do  not  know  how  much  aailoia  re- 
aemble  children,  in  all  thoae  pointa  in  which  their  own 
health  and  comfiirt  are  oonoemed.** 
Daring  tlie  flrat  ibw  weeka  after  their  MriyaL  himt> 

•P»ny'«N(ur™tlTfc 


^1  iMurnidtMvij'^i, ■  .tM^;ii...«.if ,J:.;-'k'^^'  -.t,  ■;-.■/ ..-^.^ '.4 .^^  '. 


MS  W.  M.  rUULX, 


10  J 


from  want 
boon  of  A 
lud  to  th« 

n  all  prob** 
«l  •Ighl  or 

not  to  M* 
diatdy  and 
■,  man/  of 
>  flrat  tiins, 
Md  might, 

tb«  whole 

f  thoM  on 
ero  liouMd 
ir.'irmed,  m 
o»i  front  of 
M  oloarcdy 
a  weather 
On  theae 
the  deck, 
wniobgi; 
they  were 
'  of  lime* 
a  affioer. 
unneoea. 
ftUora  re- 
heir  own 

tit  bunt> 


ing  partiea  were  aent  out,  when  tho  wenthor  allowed, 
oud  Nuuio  ii««r  and  gruuM  were  added  to  t)to  commuu 
atook,  flNjm  wbiuh  all  abarud  altko ;  but,  beforu  tho  t'ud 
of  October,  all  tho  auiinalu  <m  Melvillo  bland  had  tni* 
gmtixl  tu  the  aoutbwnnL  Tho  todioua  monotony  uf 
the  view  beyond  tlie  ahipa  may  be  wall  imagined. 

*'  When  riewml  flrom  the  ■anunit  of  th«  nolghboring 
hllU,  on  one  of  thoM  calm  and  vtaar  day*  which  not  un- 
(Voquently  oooarred  during  tha  winter,  the  Mone  waa  laoh 
a*  to  Induce  oontemplationa,  which  had,  perhapa,  moro  of 
melancholy  than  of  any  other  feeling.  Not  nn  ubjeut 
was  to  be  aeon,  on  which  the  eje  ooald  long  r«at  w<'.h 
ploaanre,  unleaa  when  directed  to  tho  apot  where  the  ahipe 
Uy,  and  where  our  little  colony  waa  planted.  Tho  amoko 
which  there  iaaued  (Vom  the  aevoral  Area,  alTufding  a  cor* 
tain  indication  of  the  preaence  of  man,  gave  a  partial 
cheorfulnoaa  to  thia  part  of  tho  proapoct,  and  tho  aciund 
of  voiooa,  (which,  during  thr  cold  weuthor,  could  be  hoard 
at  a  much  greater  diatanoo  than  naual,)  aervnd  now  and 
thon,  to  break  the  allonco  which  roignod  around  ua,  a 
ailvnco  far  diflbrvnt  (torn,  tliat  poacoAil  compoaaro,  which 
chornoteriMa  the  londaoapo  of  a  cultivated  country ;  it 
waa  the  deathlike  atillneaa  of  tho  moat  droary  doaolntlon, 
and  the  total  abeence  of  animated  exiatenco.  Such,  in- 
deed,  waa  the  want  of  objeota  to  afford  relief  to  the  eye, 
or  amnaement  to  the  mind,  that  a  atone  of  more  than 
usual  siae  appearing  above  the  snow,  in  the  direction  in 
which  wo  were  going,  immediately  becamo  a  mark,  on 
which  our  eyes  were  unconsciously  fixed,  and  towards 
which  we  mi9ohanioaUy  advanced. 

**  Dreary  as  such  a  scene  must  necessarily  be,  it  could 
not  however,  be  said  to  be  wholly  wanting  in  interest, 
especially  when  associated  in  the  mind  with  the  peou* 


iiyHiHj  r-'H'  wmffi** 


104 


MBiioiM  or 


^  z 


r 


Uarity  of  our  aitnation,  th«  oljleot  which  had  bronght  ni 
hither,  and  the  hopes  which  the  leaat  sanguine  among  us 
sometimes  entertamed,  of  spending  a  part  of  our  next 
winter  in  the  more  genial  climate  of  the  South  Sea  Islands. 
Perhaps,  tjo,  though  none  of  us  then  ventured  to  confess 
,  it,  our  thoughts  would  somotimes  involuntarily  wander 
homewards,  and  institute  a  comparison  between  this 
desolate  region,  and  the  livelier  aspect  of  the  happy  laud 
which  we  had  left  behind  us." 

With  so  little  variety  on  shore,  and  no  prospect  of 
release  for  a  period  of  several  months,  it  became  abso- 
lutely neoossary  to  provide  some  amusements  for  the 
ships'  companies.    Lieut  Parry  proposed,  therefore,  to 
his  officers  to  get  up  a  play  occasionally.    This  pro- 
'posal  was  n  dily  seconded,  and,  under  the  auspices  of 
Lieut.  Beer  J  y,  as  stage-manager,  the  theatre  on  board 
tlie  "  HecU"  contributed  greatly  to  preserve  the  gen- 
eral chee^  MuGBB  and  good  humor,  which  had  hitherto 
Bubsistef',.    "In  these  amusements,"  he  writes, "  I  gladly 
undcTt  jok  a  port  myself,  considering  that  an  example 
of  cheerfulness,  by  giving  a  direct  countenanceto  every 
thing  that  could  contribute  to  it,  was  not  the  least 
essential  part  of  my  duty,  under  the  peculiar  circum- 
stances in  which  wo  were  placed." 

The  first  play  was  performed  on  the  5th  of  Novem- 
ber, on  which  day  the  sun  was  seen  for  the  last  time. 
These  theatrical  entertainments  took  place  regularly 
once  a  fortnight,  and  afforded  much  amusement,  tibough 
the  thermometer  on  the  stage  was,  usually,  many 
degrees  below  zero.  Even  the  oooupation  of  fittmg  up 
the  theatre,  and  taking  it  to  pieces  again,  was  regarded 
by  the  captain  as  a  matter  of  no  little  importance ;  "  for 


r 


www 


iiUlOHlUlUMli 


\d  broaght  ns 
ine  among  us 
of  our  next 
b  Sea  Islands, 
ed  to  confess 
irily  wander 
t)etween  this 
e  happy  laud 

prospect  of 
tecame  abac* 
ents  for  the 
therefore,  to 
This  pro- 
auspices  of 
"e  on  board 
ire  the  gen« 
lad  hitherto 
a,  "I  gladly 
an  example 
nee  to  every 
>t  the  least 
iar  circum- 

of  Novem- 
3  last  time. 
3  regularly 
snt,  though 
ally,  many 
if  fitting  up 
u  regarded 
ance;  "for 


BIB  W.  M.  PABBT. 


lOS 


I  dreaded,"  he  says,  "  the  want  of  employment,  as  one 
of  the  worst  evils  that  was  likely  to  befall  us.  As  the 
stock  of  plays  on  board  was  rather  scanty,  consisting 
of  only  one  or  two  odd  volumes,  our  authors  set  to  work, 
and  produced,  as  a  Christmas  piece,  a  new  musical 
entertainment.".  This  had  special  reference  to  the 
service  in  which  they  were  engaged,  being  called  the 
"North-West-Poasage:  or,  the  Voyage  finished,"  and 
the  reader  will  not  be  surprised  to  learn,  that  the 
author  was  none  other  than  Parry  himself 

In  order  still  further  to  carry  out  hia  object  of  pro- 
viding occupation  and  amusement,  especially  for  the 
ofilcera,  he  suggested  the  idea  of  starting  a  weekly 
newspaper,  of  whicii  Captain  Sabine  should  be  editor, 
to  be  supported  by  original  contributions  from  both 
ships.    He  waa  aware  that,  as  a  general  rule  such  a 
paper  might  be  open  to  objection  in  a  man-of-war,  but 
his  confidence  in  the  discretion  and  good  disposition  of 
his  officers  was  too  great  for  him  to  apprehend  any 
serious  consequences;  and  the  issue  proved  that  this 
confidence  waa  not  misplaced.    "  I  can  safely  say,"  are 
his  own  words,  "  that  the  weekly  contributions  had  the 
happy  effect  of  employing  the  leisure  hours  of  those 
who  furnished  them,  and  of  diverting  the  mind  firom 
the  gloomy  prospect,  which  would  sometunes  obtrude 
itself  on  the  stoutest  heart"    The  "North  Georgian 
Gazette,  and  Winter  Chronicle"  was  laid  on  the  public 
table  of  the  officers'  mess-room  every  Monday  iftoming, 
and  its  arrival  was  eagerly  looked  forward  to,  as  one 
of  the  events  of  the  week.    When  the  ships  retqmed 
home,  the  Gazette  was  printed  by  the  officers  at  the 
reqiifist  of  their  friends,  and  of  all  the  contributiona, 


-,_ 


|.iii!IM!iiJi<!ilj!j|iJ|„liH]p|i|||ll, 


r 


^^^ 


m 


lamoiBs  or 


whether  of  good-natured  oriiicisin,  humoioiu  invention, 
or  more  flerious  feeling,  thoee  from  the  pen  of  Parry 
yield  to  none. 

Occupied  in  this  way,  the  shortest  day,  or,  to  speak 
more  Btrictly,  the  depth  of  the  long  winter  night,  came 
upon  them.  The  return  of  each  day  was  only  marked 
by  a  twilight  ft)r  some  time  about  noon,  during  which 
they  were  able  to  walk  out  for  an  hour  or  two. 

•♦There  was  usaaU/,  io  clear  weather,  a  beautifhl  arch 
of  bright  red  light  overspreading  the  sonthera  horiion, 
for  an  hoar  or  two  bofore  and  after  noon,  the  light  in- 
oreasing,  of  course,  m  strength,  as  the  sun  approached  the 
meridian.    Short  as  the  day  now  was,  i^  indeed,  any  part 
of  the  twenty-four  hours  could  properly  be  called  by  that 
name,  the  reflection  of  light  from  Uie  sun,dded  occasion- 
ally  by  a  bright  moon,  was,  at  all  times,  suflloient  to  pre- 
vent our  experiencing;  even  under  the  most  un&vorable 
circumstances,  any  thmg  like  the  gloomy  night  which 
occurs  in  more  temperate  climates.    Espedal  care  was 
taken  during  the  time  the  sun  was  below  the  horison,  to 
preserve  the  strictest  regularity  in  the  time  of  our  mrals, 
and  the  various  occupations  which  engaged  our  attention 
during  the  day ;  and  this,  together  with  the  gradual  and 
imperoeptible  manner  in  which  the  days  had  shortened, 
prevented  thii  kind  of  life,  so  novel  to  us  in  reality,  from 
aiq^earing  very  inconvenient,  or,  indeed  like  any  thing  out 
of  the  common  way.    It  must  be  confesied,  however, 
that  we  were  not  sorry  to  have  arrived,  without 'any 
serious  suffbrmg,  at  the  shortest  day,  and  we  watched, 
with.no  ordinary  degree  of  pleasure,  the  slow  approach 
of  the  rat.nming  sun.^ 

Ohhstmas  Day  was  raw  and  oold,  with  a  good  deal 


I  it*n«  '■i<rt»j«>« 


H  »wtfr!tM»«i>M  huHidimiiW'.k  k  ■ » 


ii"H    iniiifwiJiwini  HDbi  irfii*! 


i 


•nw««m«mK>v^ 


'mmw'"' 


■Qi'r- 


HiB  w.  E.  PAnnr. 


107 


nvention, 
of  Parry 

to  speak 
;ht,  came 
r  marked 
kg  whioh 


liful  aroh 
horiion, 
light  in- 
lohod  the 
any  part 
1  by  that 
occasion* 
It  to  pre- 
bvorable 
It  which 
care  was. 
>riion,  to 
nr  meals, 
ittention 
daaland 
lortened, 
ity,  from 
Mngout 
lowever, 
oat 'any 
nM;ohed, 
approach 

od  deal 


of  snow.  Divine  service  waa  performed  in  both  ships, 
and,  in  order  still  further  to  mark  the  dny,  some  addi- 
tion waa  made  to  the  usual  dinner  of  tlio  crewa,  who 
also  enjoyed  an  extra  allowonco  of  grog,  to  drink  the 
health  of  friends  in  England.  The  officers  also  met  at 
a  social  dinner,  and  the  day  was  distinguished,  as  far 
as  circumstances  would  permit,  with  much  of  homo 
festivity.  A  piece  of  English  roast  beef)  which  formed 
part  of  their  dinner,  had  been  on  board  since  the  pre- 
ceding May,  having  been  preserved  without  salt,  merely 
by  the  cold. 

Thursday,  the  8d  of  February,  was  an  eventfiil  day 
for  the  crows  of  the  imprisoned  ships.    A  few  minutes 
before  noon,  ftom  the  refractive  power  of  the  atmo- 
sphere, a  glimpse  was  caught,  from  the  "  Hecla's"  main- 
top, of  the  sun,  whioh  had  been  beneath  the  horizon 
since  the  11th  of  November.    On  the  7th,  his  orb  was 
fully  visible,  and,  though  some  months  must  still  elapse 
before  the  ships  could  be  set  free,  preparations  were 
made  for  the  coming  summer,  in  the  collection  of  stones 
for  ballast,  etc.    This  month  of  February  notwithstand- 
ing the  presence  of  the  sun  to  oheer  them  waa  actually 
iho  coldest  they  had  experienced.    On  the  15th,  the 
spirit  in  the  thermometer  descended  as  low  88—55", 
almost  the  lowest  degree  that  hod  ever  been  recorded.* 
"  Notwithstanding  the  low  temperature  of  the  external 
atmosphere,  the  officers  contrived  to  act,  as  usual,  the 
play  annoimced  for  the  evening ;  but  it  must  be  con- 

•  A  yet  loww  degne  of  temperatara  was  •fterwardi  legiitered  hy 
Sir  John  RiobwdwD,  at  Fort  Oonfldence,  in  1848-8;  and  itUl  mora 
rocently,  by  Dr.  Kane,  to  the  north  of  Smith'a  Sonnd.  The  nuan  torn- 
peiatura  oftito  thne  winter  mpntlw  at  MMOb  UUtaA  waa  — aS"  36'! 


m 


rrr" 


tpii,ij(ipii 


108 


trntom  ow 


feMed,  that  it  was  almost  too  cold  for  cither  the  actors 
or  the  audience  to  ei^joy  it,  especially  for  those  of  the 
former,  who  undertook  to  appear  in  female  dresses." 
The  ships,  throughout  this  winter  were  insufficiently 
warmed,  and  fuel  moreover  was  scarce.  The  bleak 
shore  oflfered  no  substitute,  and  their  own  stock  was 
carefully  husbanded,  in  case  they  might  be  obliged  to 
spend  another  winter  in  the  ice.  "  It  ia  a  pleasure  to 
me,"  Parry  would  often  say  in  after  life,  "  even  to  stir 
the  fire— ^or  I  have  known  what  it  is  to  have  to  hide 
the  poker,  lest  our  coals  should  be  made  to  bum  too 
quickly." 

One  day  towards  the  close  of  the  month,  a  fire  broke 
out  in  the  observatory  on  shore,  and,  in  tiie  exertions 
made  to  extinguish  the  flames,  many  severe  frost-bites 
were  incurred. 

**The  appearance**  (writes  Parry)  "which  our  fkoes 
presented  at  the  fire,  was  a  carious  one,  almost  eveiy  nose 
and  cheek  having  become  quite  white  with  firost-bites,  in 
five  mbntes  afl«r  bebg  exposed  to  the  weather;  so  that 
it  was  deemed  necessary  for  the  medical  gentlemen,  to- 
gether with  some  others  appointed  to  assist  them,  to  go 
oonstantly  round,  while  the  men  were  working  at  the  fire, 
and  to  rub  with  snow  the  part  affected,  in  order  to 
restore  eiroulation.** 

The  month  of  March  set  in  mildly,  and  the-soUd  ice, 
which  had,  for  some  time,  lined  the  ship's  sides;  firam 
the  accumulated  vapor,  b^;an  to  melt  From  the 
lower  deck  of  the  "Heola"  more  than  600  gallons  of 
ice  were  carried  away,  being  the  acoomulation  of  less 
than  four  weeks.  In  like  maimer,  on  opening  the 
deadlights  on  her  stem  windows,  more  tium  twelve 


''■^* 


I 


||i'Wi>«iiril>"iwWiii>A>;*iw*:M»^.»^<> 


M<*w  n^wmiwuii  ItiiiMinnimuMt.  iHwp^wiwISti 


ijn>i^ilniiinii>i  ll^^l^i^^)H^l■l^||<a>ltol>■l'>f  lfii'(i(,iWli|iip|ii'i»i     ,      ^ 


■'»k\ 


BIB  W.  B.  FABRY. 


100 


the  acton 
oso  of  the 
I  dreflses." 
luffloientlj 
Dhe  bleak 
stock  was 
obliged  to 
tleasure  to 
'en  to  Btir 
e  to  hide 
burn  too 

fire  broke 
exertions 
froBt>bite8 

cor  fkoes 
Bveiy  noae 
It-bites,  in 
r;  so  that 
lemeOf  to- 
tem, to  go 
at  the  fire, 

order  to 

-floUd  ice, 
dee;  from 
^ram  the 
allona  of 
>n  of  leaa 
ning  the 
tn  twelve 


i,si,-'>^'f 


large  bucketsful  of  ice  were  removed  from  between  the 
double  sashoB.  On  the  last  day  of  April,  the  tempera- 
ture  roflc  as  high  as  freezing,  or  what,  to  them,  might 
rather  be  called  the  thawing  point,  being  the  first  time 
Buoh  an  event  had  occurred  for  nearly  eight  montha 
The  contrast  to  the  previous  excess  of  cold  was  so 
striking,  that  it  required  all  the  Commander's  authority 
to  prevent  the  men  from  imprudently  throwing  aside 
their  winter  clothing,  an  alteration  which  might  have 
been  attended  with  serious  consequences. 

The  expedition  having  been  victualled  only  for  two 
years,  of  which  one  had  now  expired,  Lieut.  Parry  con- 
sidered it  expedient  to  reduce  the  daily  allowance  of 
food  to  two  thirds  of  the  established  proportion.  The 
oheerfhlness  with  which  this  reduction  was  received  by 
offlcera  and  men  was  most  gratifying  to  him,  as  an 
additional  proof  of  the  aealous  principle  of  duty,  which 
had  marked  the  conduct  of  all  under  his  command  ever 
since  they  left  England. 

The  appearance  of  the  first  -ptarmigan  on  the  12tli 
of  May,  and  the  discovery  of  some  tracks  of  rein-deer 
and  musk-oxen,  were  hailed  with  delight  as  sure  omens 
of  returning  summer.  The  "  game  laws,"  as  the  men 
called  them,  were  now  revived,  every  animal  that  was 
killed  being  legaided  as  public  property,  and  as  such 
regularly  issued,  like  any  other  provision,  without  any 
diatinotion  of  persons.  The  ice  round  the  ship,  six 
feet  in  thickness,  was  now  out  through  with  consider- 
able labor,  and,  before  long,  the  ships  were  once  more 
afloat  The  ice  in  ihe  harbor,  and  to  seaward  was, 
however,  still  as  thick  and  as  dose  as  ever,  and,  when 
Parry  oonsiderod  that  in  about  three  weeks  the  sun 


Wfmh^mmmm^*mt^^^mfjmm^m-mit'<^mm?.mmi%m'gm.m 


f/"' 


'mfmmmmff 


V 


110 


mofoiu  OP 


would  again  begin  to  deolino  towarda  the  southward 
he  coufessod  that  even  hiamort  sanguine  expectations 
of  the  complete  success  of  the  ontoipriso  wore  somewhat 
staggered.  The  thaw,  however,  was  nearer  at  hand 
than  they  had  reason  to  suppose.  Early  on  the  mom- 
ing  of  the  24th,  one  of  the  men  reported  that  be  bad 
feltafow  drops  of  rain,  an  event  hailed  with  much 
satisfaction,  nothing  being  so  eflbctual  as  rain  in  dis- 

^Zu  ?f,  '"1.  '^''^  "^^  '^'"^e  "  """^  -hower 
actually  feU.    So  unaccustomed  were  all  to  the  appear- 

ance  of  water  in  a  fluid  state,  that  it  is  stated  that  every 
person  hastened  at  once  on-deck,  to  witness  so  interest 
ing  a  phenomenon.  ^ 

To  occupy  the  time  which  must  eUipse  before  the 
Bhipe  could  be  set  free  from  the  ice,  Pany  spent  a  fort- 
night  on  a  journey  into  the  interior  of  the  island. 
Thirty  years  afterwards,  the  tracks  of  his  cart-wheeh. 
were  found  by  Lieut  M'Olintock,  as  distinct  as  though 
they  had  been  made  the  day  before.     The   ground 
bemg  stUl  deeply  covered  with  snow,  the  party  suffered 
much  ftom  snow  blindness,  butthe  time  of  their  return  * 
to  Wmter  Harbor  was  marked  by  the  rapid  progress 
of  the  thaw.    To  seaward,  the  ice  was  ali«ady  covered 
with  pools  of  water,  while^  on  shore,  the  change  was 
not  less  decided,  the  dreary  waste  of  snow  havinggiven 
place,  as  though  by  magic,  tolarge  patches  of  an  almost 
luxuriant  vegetation. 

Onthe80thofJune,ThomaaScott,oneofthe"noo. 
Us  seamen,  died.  This  was  the  only  event  of  the 
tond  which  ooouned  during  the.  absence  of  the  shipa 
ftom  Enghmd,  and  the  seeds  of  disease  seem  tohave 
bean  aown  in  his  oonstitutioxi  for  some  time  past 


s. 


"MB)riij<ii  HM i<iiii>  ill!  mwiil  jail 


'"'"    ''    """■  •'"'"'•  '-"^^-^ ■■"" ^-'    '  '  ■■«'■'" ■■■■■  ■  ■|-||'|  .III- 


mpjJM    ■  iniiipij 


■IB  W.  &  PAMT. 


Ill 


southward, 
expectations 
K)  somewhat 
ner  at  hand 
n  the  morn* 
^t  he  had 
with  much 
rain  in  dis- 
lart  shower 
the  appear- 
I  that  every 
isointerest- 

before  the 
pent  a  fort- 
the  island, 
cart-wheels 
;  as  though 
te   ground 
tjr  suffereii 
heir  return 
1  progress 
Ij  covered 
hange  was 
^ing  given 
an  almost 

the  "IIoc- 
sntof  the 
the  shipb 
a  to  have 

K)8t 


••  On  Sonday.  the  2d  of  July,  aaer  Divine  wrvlce  had 
been  performed,  the  body  of  the  deoeasod  wai  com- 
mitted to  the  earth,  In  a  level  piece  of  ground  about  a 
hundred  yard,  from  the  beach,  with  every  Bolcmmty 
which  the  oocaalon  demanded,  and  the  clroumBtanocs  of 
our  situation  would  permit.    The  ensigns  and  pendants 
were  lowered  half  mast  during  the  procession,  and  the 
remains  of  our  unfortunate  shipmate  were  attended  to 
the  grave  by  every  officer  and  man  of  both  ships.    To 
the  performance  of  this  last  melancholy  duty,  under  any 
circumstances  sufficiently  Impressive,  the  pecdlarity  of 
the  scene  around  us,  and  of  the  circumstances  in  wW«»; 
we  were  placed,  could  not  ftU  to  impart  an  additional 
feeling  of  awM  solemnity,  which  it  is  more  easy  to 
imagine  than  to  describe.    A  neat  tombstone  was  after- 
wt^  placed  at  the  head  of  the  grave  by  Mr.  Fisher, 
who  carved  upon  it  the  name  of  deceased,  with  the  other 
usual  information.'*  r,  ,v  . 

It  was  not  till  the  1st  of  August,  after  more  than 
ten  dreary  months  of  confinement,  that  the  ice  had 
Bufflciently  loosened  to  allow  the  ships  to  escape  from 
Winter  Harbor;  and,  even  then,  it  was  soon  evident 
that  they  had  only  a  very  narrow  channel  through 
which  to  work  their  way  to  the  westward,  between  the 
land  and  the  ioe.    Por  some  days,  they  galhmtly  perse- 
vered  in  foreing  their  way  through  the  floes,  which 
Beemed  to  increase  in  thickness  as  they  advanced. 
The  ships  were  often  in  danger  of  being  crushed  to 
atoms.    On  one  oooasion,  the  whole  body  of  ice  m  the 
neighborhood  cwne  violently  in  contact  with  the  piece 
of  a  floe  doM  to  them.    This,  at  once,  split  across  in 
different  directions  with  a  loud  crash,  and,  presently 
afterward,  they  "saw  a  pwt,  several  hundred  tons  in 


V     ' 


sit 


nxoiM  oy 


weighs  nuMo,  dowly  and  mi^MUoolly,  m  if  by  the 
action  of  a  Borew,  and  deposited  on  the  top  of  the  field, 
presenting  towards  thorn  the  surfiwe  which  had  split, 
and  which  appeared  of  a  fine  blue  color]  and  very  solid 
and  transparent    Thii  mass  of  ice  was  forty-two  feet 
in  thickness,  which  will  give  some  idea  of  the  difficul- 
ties of  this  portion  of  the  voyage,  and  the  dangers  to 
which    the   ships  were   hourly  exposed."     Several 
times,  all  hopes  of  saving  the  "Griper"  were  given  up, 
and,  once,  they  were  on  the  point  of  cutting  large 
holes  in  her  decks,  in  order  to  allow  the  casks  of  pro- 
vimons  to  float  up  out  of 'the  hold,  instead  of  sinking 
with  the  ship  in  deep  water.    Her  ordinary  bad  sailing 
quaUtiea  were  now  increased  tenfold  by  the  large 
"  tongues"  of  ioe,  which  adhered  to  the  huUs  of  both 
vessels,  and  which  had  to  be  constantly  cut  away— a 
tedious  and  most  laborious  task.    All  their  efforts, 
however,  to  get  beyond  the  south-west  extremity  of 
Melville  bland,  proved  unavailing,  and,  convinced  at 
length  of  the  impossibility  of  obtaining  the  desired 
object.  Parry,  after  consulting  with  the  other  offloeis 
of  the  expedition,  determined  that  any  fUrther  attempt 
to  proceed  in  that  direction  would  be  fhiitless. 

On  the  2dth  of  Auguit,  accordingly,  the  ships' 
hpadfl  were  tuned  to  the  eastward,  and  they  were 
fevored  with  so  little  intermption  from  the  ice,  that  in 
six  days  they  had  passed  through  Lancaster  Sound. 
They  now  fell  in  with,  some  whalers,  which,  in  the 
course  of  the  summer,  had  actually  reached  Lancaster 
Sound,  which  before  had  always  been  regarded  as  in- 
accessible. From  these  they  learned  the  tidings  of  the 
death  of  King  Qeorge  HI.  and  of  the  Duke  of  Kmt 


■■  :.....  ,-. ^..^J^. i:;-^.^^^.^.^,.^.^.. —  ■-[-t'--||||  jdK  -ii-di^iiiiiiiiiiiirlitifiii 


MB  W.  ■.  PAMT. 


flS 


M  if  by  the 
p  of  the  field, 
3h  Iiad  split, 
ad  very  aolid 
ibrty-two  feet 
'  the  diffloul- 
le  dangers  to 
I."     Several 
ire  given  up, 
tutting  large 
saska  of  pro* 
d  of  linking 
f  bod  sailing 
y  the  large 
ulls  of  both 
sut  away — a 
heir  eflforta, 
3xtremity  of 
onvinced  at 
the  desired 
ther  offloers 
iher  attempt 


the  ships' 
they  were 
ioe,  that  in 
iter  Sound, 
ich,  in  the 
1  Lancaster 
^ed  as  in- 
iingsofthe 
:e  of  ]g>n^ 


On  the  20th  of  September,  they  took  their  final  leave 
of  the  ice,  and  on  the  80th  October  Lieut  Pwy 
1  .  at.P^rhead,  and,  in  company  with  Captain 
Sabine,  proceeded  without  delay  to  London,  to  report 
his  arrival  at  the  Admiralty. 

"  Saoh  was  the  excellent  state  of  health  which  wc,  at 
this  time,  oonttoued  to  ei\joy,  that,  during  the  whole 
season  of  our  late  navigation  from  Winter  Harbor  to  the 
coast  of  Shetland,  being  a  period  of  thirteen  weeks,  not 
a  single  case  hu  been  entered  on  the  sick-list,  eioept 
from  one  or  two  aocldento  of  a  trifling  nature ;  and  I 
had  the  happiness  of  seotejl  every  oflloer  and  man  on 
board  both  ships,  with  only  one  exception,  return  to 
their  native  country  in  as  robust  hoslth  as  when  thev 
left  It,  after  an  absence  of  nearly  eighteen  months,  dur- 
ing which  time  we  had  been  Uving  enUrely  on  our  own 
resources.**  "'■•'•'  *■    •  •    '  "'"'    ""    '"^ 

On  his  arrival  in  Scotland,  Parry  writes :  X* 

".flSwWin^on,  JVb».  1, 1820. 

"Mt  Dbabmt  Fabbitts:  I  have  landed  with  Sabine, 
am  well,  and  shall  be  hi  London  about  Saturday.  The 
mi^  could  not  carry  our  baggage,  or  I  should  have  pre- 
ftrred  that  oonveyanoe,  but  I  am  comhig  as  &st  as  four 
horses  can  carry  us.  We  landed  at  Feterhead,  not  fltr 
to  the  north  of  Aberdeen.  Write  to  me  at  the  Northum- 
berhmd  Coffee-house,  and  If  it  should  have  pleased  Ood 
(for  which  I  am  quif  prepared)  to  make  any  alteration 
.  in  our  &mily,  do  not  hedtate  to  mention  it  at  once. 
Qod*s  holy  will  be  done  I  I  trust  you  are  well  and 
happy,  as  I  am.  I  shaU  steal  a  day  or  two  to  see  you, 
immediately  after  the  ilrst  bustle  b  over.  God  bless  you ! 
**  Ever  your  aibctlimate 

"W.  E.  Fabbt.** 


^rjt't?!?*'^?^^'' 1*''^"^''^^  t!*?!'  -'•'  'S^ '  ■ 


f 


114 


Kmoiu  oy 


Th«  MTOfl  (Uj  that  the  malt  of  tho  expedition  wm 
known  at  the  Admirtltjr,  Parry  obtained  hin  promo- 
Uon,  io  long  deU^od,  to  the  rank  of  Oommauder. 

**A<bniraUif  Oj/tot^  Nov.  4,  1890. 
"8«:  I  have  thU  day  reoeived,  and  oommunloated  to 
my  Lords  OommiMionan  of  the  Admiralty,  yoor  letter, 
dated  in  Davie*  Stralte,  the  8th  of  September  laet,  and 
forwarded  It  to  England  by  the  '  Leo,'  whaler,  reporUng 
that  the  eliipe  under  your  ordere  had,  in  the  eummer  of 
1819,  ■nooeedod  in  dieoovering  a  paiMge,  through  Sir.  J. 
Lanoaeter'a  Sound,  into  tho  Polar  Sooa ;  that  they  win- 
tered in  Ut.  W  47'  N.  and  long.  UO*  47'  W.,  near  one 
ofanomber  of  ialande,  whiuh  ypu  named  the  'North 
OeorgiaB  Irianda,**  and  that  not  having  been  able  this 
aeaMn,  from  the  quantity  and  magnitude  of  the  ice,  to 
penetrate  ftirther  to  the  weetward  than  the  meridian  of 
11»'  47'  W.,  nor  to  And  any  opening  to  the  lonthward, 
you  had,  b  oonourrenoe  with  the  unanimous  opinion  of 
the  other  prinoipal  offloen  of  the  ezpediUon,  determined 
to  return  with  the  ihipe  to  England.    And  I  am  com. 
manded  by  their  Lordahipe  to  ezpreae  to  you  their  aati*. 
(kotion  at  your  return,  and  at  the  extendve  addition 
which  this  voyage  hai  made  to  the  kaowledge  of  the 
Northern  region*,  and  to  aoqnabt  you  that,  hi  appro- 
bation  of  your  .aervioee,  their  Lordahipe  have  promoted 
you  to  tlie  rank  of  Commander. 

"I  am.  Sir,  .    ,     ^ 

**  Your  obedient  aervliit, 
**JoiikObouu.>* 


l^-^      *1 


Promotion,  hoirerer,  was  not  the  moat  gratifying 
mralt  of  hia  saooeaa  in  the  Polar  legiona : 


'iiiHi'  iiii  nin«ii»iii'i*«i»*iiii»<it>»«— I 


podition  WM 
1  hui  promo* 
maitdur. 

w.  4,  1890. 

munio»t«d  to 

yoar  letter, 

iMr  iMt,  and 

er,  reporting 

I  ■ammer  of 

rough  Sir.  J. 

•t  they  win. 

v.,  near  on« 

the  'North 

en  Able  this 

f  the  ice,  to 

meridian  of 

■onthward, 

i  opinion  of 

determined 

I  am  com. 

I  their  Mtii. 

re  addition 

sdge  of  the 

t,  in  appro* 

e  promoted 


•rWuit, 
Oboub.** 

gntifying 


NIB  w.  ■.  rumx. 


HI 


»♦  1  know  not"  (he  write*  to  hi«  fcthor)  "  where  to 
begin,  in  telling  yon  the  oongratulationi  I  have  received 
from  friend!  aud  •trange^^  linoe  my  arrival  in  town. 
What  with  vldtl^  and  what  with  lettcnn  I  have  been 
literally  overwhelmed  j  and  I  only  hope  that  your  poor 
«on*e  head  may  not  be  turned,  pMt  all  remedy,  by  thia 
flattering  reception  i  Kven  atrangera  in  the  coffee  room 
introduce  thenuelvea,  and  beg  to  ihako  handa  with 
me.*' 

Om  of  tho  flnt  hoDon  confiBrr«d  on  him,  after  hi* 
return,  waa  th«  freedom  of  his  native  city,  which  won 
duly  preaented  in  an  oak  box,  formed  of  a  piece  of  the 
'•  HeclnV  timber.  The  example  of  Bath  waa  after- 
worda  followed  by  the  oorporoUon  of  Norwich,  and,  in 
the  ipring  of  the  next  year,  the  inhabitanta  of  Bath 
preaented  him  with  a  valuable  piece  of  plate,  as  a 
ftirther  proof  of  the  "  high  lenae  entertained  by  them 
of  the  peneveranoe  and  ikill  he  had  evinowl,  and 
of  the  advantage!  which  adence,  navigation,  and  com* 
meroe  might  derive  from  hia  nautical  enterprioe  and 
diioovery."  In  Febmarj,  1831,  he  was  unanimooaly 
elected  a  member  of  the  Boyal  Society.  "  A  man,"  he 
wrote,  "  of  the  nonw  of  South*  waa  elected  at  theaame 
time,  ond  a  punater  remarked,  that  it  was  extraordinary 
that  North  and  South  should  meet  at  the  Society  in 
•one  night  I" 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Bath  and  West  of 
England  Society  for  the  Encouragement  of  Arta,  eta, 
a  motion,  that  Captain  Parry  ohould  be  honored  with 
the  Society's  silver  medal,  wos  auperseded  by  on 
amendment,  that  he  should  receive,  in  its  stood,  the 

•  OrjMMiBoal^KJUIbMih 


in 


onM  ov 


B«dlbnlean  gold  medal.    Tb«  amendment  wm  carried 
unanimoualjr. 

In  the  midflt  of  all  theM  deaenred  honon,  and  while 
the  tide  of  popularity  waa  jet  in  fUU  flow,  Parry  waa 
■till  mindAil  of  Him,  under  whoae  proridontbl  care 
Ilia  own  exertiona  had  been  crowned  with  m  much 
auoueai.  On  the  arriral  of  the  "  HecU"  and  "  Grifier" 
in  the  Tharoei,  a  public  thankngiving  waa  offered  for 
their  lafe  return,  in  the  Ohurob  of  St  Maiy-le-Strand, 
in  conaequenoe  of  the  fbllowing  letter,  addreaed  by  the 
oommandtr  of  the  expedition  to  the  Her.  Mr.  Eliia. 

**ZoHd<m^  KoMjnbtr  lOM,  1820.  ' 
"  Sia :  MyieU;  the  oflloer*,  Mameo,  and  marinvii,  who 
have  Utelj  been  employed  In  diaeovory  In  tho  Arctic 
^  fegioM,  are  dedrona  of  offering  up  our  public  thnnka- 
girlng  to  Almighty  Ood  for  the  many,  many  moroiea  we 
have  received  at  Hia  handi.  I  trust  yon  will  exouM  the 
liberty  I  have  Ukra,  in  reqneating  you  will  inform  me, 
whether  you  can,  with  propriety,  and  without  any  ap. 
pearanee  of  parade  or  oetenUtion  on  our  part,  which  I 
am  partionUu4y  anxiona,  on  every  aooonnt,  to  avoid, 
perform  that  olBee  for  ua  at  your  ohureh  on  Sunday  next. 
'*  Should  there  be  any  o^eoUon  to  thia,  I  truit  jiou 
will  believe  that  I  have  eoUoited  thia  (kvor  in  perfect 
Ignorance  whether  it  be  proper  or  not,  and  with  a 
linoere  deeire  to  give  the  glory  where  alone  tho  glory 
iidue. 

**I  must,  onoe  more,  beg  you  to  paadon  the  liberty  I 
have  now  taken,  and  remain,  Sir, 

**  With  great  reqieot, 
,  iv/K  . .      u  Your  obedient  and  humble  servaati 
"W.KPAwn-, 
**  Omnmaader  of  H.  M.  8. '  Heda.*  •• 


o«rri«(l 


ni,  and  while 
r,  Parrjr  wm 
idontbl  oare 
ith  a<>  much 
tid  "  Grifior" 
■  offured  fur 
^ry'le^Htrand, 
reaed  by  the 
Mr.  Eliifl. 

lOM,  1890. 
nuArintM,  who 
n  tho  Arctic 
ubiio  thnnk*- 
j  moreiM  wo 
U  «xoaM  tho 
1  inform  tn«, 
boat  any  ap. 
pert,  wUoh  I 
It,  to  Avoid, 
Sunday  noit. 
,  I  trust  yoQ 
[>r  in  porfeot 
and  with  • 
DC  tho  glory 

the  liberty  I 


'Heda.*** 


■ta  w.  a.  raMT. 


117 


Tho  narrative  of  this  vnyago  t«)  Melville  Wund 
won  publinhwl  by  ord^r  of  tho  Admiralty.  I'revioualy 
to  imbliotttion,  the  whole  waa  revuwtl  by  hia  fUthwr, 
whoae  mental  activity,  in  tho  midat  of  great  bodily 
Bullbring,  waa  atiU  unim|)airod.  "  No  ono,"  It  waa 
aaid  of  thla  work  at  tho  time,  "could  riao  from  ita 
puruaal  without  being  impreaacd  with  tho  ftilloat  con- 
viction that  Ooramandor  Parry'a  merita,  aa  an  oftcer 
•nd  acicutiflo  navigator,  ore  of  tho  higheat  ortlcr;  that 
hia  talenta  aro  not  confined  to  hia  profi-auonal  dutit*; 
but  that  tho  rcaouroea  of  hia  mind  aro  equal  to  the 
moatardttoua  aituationa,  and  fertile  la  cx|)edicnt8  under 
every  cireumatanoo,  however  difficult,  dangoroua,  or 
onexpoctod."* 

In  a  acientiflo  pomt  of  view,  the  reaulta  of  thia  yoy 
age  are  moat  important  On  tho  subject  of  magnetiam, 
eapeoially,  the  obacrvaliona,  conatantly  and  oarefUlly 
regiatored,  were  the  flrat  which  had  over  been  made  ao 
near  the  magnetio  pole  of  the  earth.  No  opportunity 
waa  ever  omitted  of  gathering  information  which  tho 
meana  at  hand  could  aupply,  and  the  exertiona  of  tho 
oommander  were  ably  aeoonded  by  thoae  under  him. 
The  labora  of  Captain  Sabine,  R.  A.,  who  aooom- 
paoied  the  expedition  aa  aatronomer,  apeak  for  them- 
■drea^  being  arranged  in  a  valuable  appendix  to  tho 

Of  hia  offlcera  and  orewa  Parry  had,  throughout,  but 
one  opinion,  nor  were  their  feelings  towarda  himaelf 
lea  warm. 

••  You  may  Imaghie'*  (he  wrltea,  Joat  before  the  ahipa 
were  paid  off)  "  the  high  gratifieaUon  I  experienced  the 


mmm 


■o"- 


118 


''f  naxoiBs  ov  -^K 


Jther  day,  inbebg  reoeired  on  bourd  with  three  hearty 
oheen.  It  ia  thii  which  oonatitates  my  tmest  aatisfao- 
lion,  not  a  little  enhanced  by  the  hap]^eM  of  seeing 
them  all  lafe  and  well  at  Deptford,  among  their  iamiliei 
and  friend*." 


'ij.  ■  >« 


That  these  oheen  were  no  empty  compliment  he 
was  8oon  in  a  position  to  prove.  He  had  but  to  hoist 
hia  penctant  onoe  more,  and  the  first  of  the  eager  crowd 
of  volunteers  who  offered  themselv«t  were  the  old  sea* 
men  of  the  "Heda"  and  "Qriper." 


■".JlK  f/    «• 


■^•f- 


■'  ,  fc- 


^i^^^ 


•wgMiae««ig.M««'M«»»atgw*iifJ»ii>waTwia 


.7  f-- 


•-Vl 


Ml  W.  M.  TAMKt, 


11» 


I  three  hearty 
bmest  aatisfao- 
leaa  of  aeeing 
•  their  iamiliei 


J^V'^'i'  U,' 


>mpliment  he 
.  but  to  hoiat 
e  eager  crowd 
e  the  old  sea- 


v^.-'^^.^V' 


•/'r,'i-',A    ■'     1- 


,4-l',V. 


'if,.-''''  •  .  ,<!■'■•.■  ■.!   '       -'■'•''^   ''    '       ' 

OHAPTBB  VI. 


Vi 


SMoad  YoyH^-^Itoy*  aiid  "  Hed»"-^olm  Ooidoo— Bapotae  Bay 
— Ki*  Wlnt«r  at  WtoHr  Wand— Bwinlmaux— IllgUuk--DtaooT«iy 
of  Um  Bteidt  of  Foiy  Md  Heoto-fleooBd  Wintac  at  IgtooUk— Rotura 
to  BngUnd— IUn«a»— Aroolntod  Hydrogr^ptMr  to  the  Adminaty. 

Of  thfl  aotoal  enatenoe  of  a  North-Weat  PasHage  it 
waa  hardly  pomble  to  doubt,  after  the  suooeBS  which 
had  attended  the  vdyage  recorded  in  the  preceding 
dumter.    However,  the  stubborn  barrier  of  ice  to  the 
wertword  of  Melville  Uand,  which  had  checked  the 
advance  of  the  "  Hecla  "  and  "  Griper,"  seemed  to  ren- 
der unadvisable  any  fhrther  attempts  to  foioe  a  passage 
in  so  high  a  latitude,  and  Parry's  decided  opinion  was, 
that  any  fixture  expedition  which  might  be  sent  out, 
ought  to  endeavor  to  skirt  along  the  northern  shore  of 
the  Continent  of  America.    Of  this  coast,  it  must  be 
borne  in  mind,  that  nothing  was  then  known,  beyond 
the  &ot  that  Heame  and  Maokenaie  had  viewed  the 
Polar  Seft  at  the  mouths  of  the  Ooppermine  and  Mack- 
enzie rivers.    The  north-east  angle  of  the  great  conti- 
nent waa^  as  yet,  unknown ;  and,  in  order  toieaoh  it, 
a  passage  would  have  to  be  sought  through  pome  of 
the  channels  which  ezitted  to  the  north  and  north^jaat 
of  Hudson's  Bay.    Bepulae  Bay,  at  the  north  extremi- 


f 


•w'*- 


ito 


nifoiM  or 


tj  of  "Sir  Thomas  Bee's  Wdoome,"  had  never  been 
fiUly  explored ;  and,  by  many,  it  was  thought  not  im- 
probable  that  it  might,  after  all,  prove  to  be  not  a  land- 
looked  bay,  but  a  passage  leading  into  the  Polar  Sea 
beyond.  In  this  direction,  therefine,  it  was  proposed 
that  the  first  attempt  diould  be  made. 

The  "Heok"  and  "Griper"  were  paid  off  on  the 
21st  of  December,  1820,  and,  on  the  80th  of  the  same 
month.  Parry's  commission  was  signed  as  Commander 
of  the  "Puiy ;»  the  "Heola,"  Commander  Lyon,  be- 
ing  again  placed  under  his  orders.  The  Admiralty 
instmotions  coftioided  entirely 'with  his  views  on  the 
sttl^ect  of  the  denred  passage,  bemg,  in  fiuit,  founded 
on  his  own  earnest  representations.  Repulse  Bay  was 
to  be  flist  thoroaghly  explored,  and,  ftiling  to  find  a 
passage  in  that  direction,  he  was  to  coast  along  to 
^  the  northwaid,  examining  every  creek  or  inlet  that  ap« 
peered  likely  to  aibrd  the  eaqiected  opening  to  the 
westward. 

"  tondoHt  Jmuarif  J,  iwi. 
"HTDjuBHrPABKm.  loommisiioiMdthe'gaUaat 
Fury  bomb'  yesterday,  and  have  already  bean  ovei^ 
whdoMd  wit|i  oftn  of  persons  to  aoeompaay  me  in  all 
kinds  of  eapaoitieiL  Two  Heatenaats  an,  by  my  derire. 
appointed  to « Fury,*  Nias  and  Raid,  who  were  both  on 
,  the  la*  expedition,  and  aoeonpanied  me  OB  oar  Joomev 
MiossMehrfflelaland.  Iie»t»Ly«.  who  has  lately  been 
tnvemng  a  good  deal  la  Afliea,  has  besn  hidnoid  to  ao- 
ec^itthe  ooauaaadof  the*Heda,>with  a  ptonise  of  ia- 
staat  promotion  to  the  rank  of  commander.  Hekntck«a 
o(  by  aU  who  knowhim,  as  aa  ezoeedbgiy  fliever  ftllow, 
and  his  drawfaip  ore  the  SMist  beaotiM  I  ever  saw. 
Hbojperofooarse  goes  with  me.    I  hope  Edwards,  the 


■•^i!va&t»m^t\mimmiimimtimmi  m  ftftuiim4uim(ii/i»Mimifiiiiaiiiiat^^ 


->•, 


MB  W.  m.  PAMBT. 


1*1 


1  never  been 
»ught  not  im* 
M  not  a  land* 
Im  Polar  Sea 
Rras  propowd 

id  off  on  the 
of  the  aame 
Commander 
er  Lyon,  be- 
B  Admiralty 
riewu  on  the 
bot^  founded 
ilae  Bay  was 
ng  to  find  a 
ast  along  to 
inktthatap 
uiing  to  the 

lthe«gallaat 


aj  me  in  an 
7  my  derire, 
rereboth  on 
oar  joomey 
■  lalelybcen 
Inolidto  ao- 
mniaeof  in* 
Heiiqickw 
brerftUov, 
[  enNT  law. 
klwaida,tlM 


mrgeon,  will  go,  bat  I  fear  he  has  had  tinongh  of  it.  I 
would  give  100/.  to  have  hitn,  and  I  know,  if  he  would 
go  with  any  one,  he  would  go  with  me.  My  number  of 
daily  viaiton  is  now  about  doubled,  half  of  them  ooming 
to  tollc  about  the  Ust,  and  the  other  half  about  the  next 

expedition '  Fury*  came  into  dooic  to^ay,  and 

our  men  are  beginning  to  find  their  way  back  again,  be- 
ing very  desirous  of  trying  a  third  trip." 

While  engaged  in  fitting  out  his  ships,  as  before,  at 
Deptford,  he  thus  alludes  to  a  Sunday  spent  at  Green- 
wich, on  a  visit  to  his  friend  Mr.  Charles  Martyr, 
of  Hali&x,  of  whom  mention  was  made  in  an  earlier 
chapter.      ,^  <,  ,  -  , 

**  I  have  just  returned  to  town  from  Greenwich,  where 
I  have  spent  a  very  pleasant  day  with  the  Martyrs.  We 
went  to  the  chapel  of  the  hospital,  which  is  the  moat 
beautiful  Protestant  phuje  of  worship  I  ever  saw ;  and  its 
beaaty  is  not  diminished  by  the  association  of  ideas,  pro- 
duced by  looUng  down  fit>m  the  gallery  upon  the  aged 
heads  of  more  than  a  thousand  British  seamen,  worn  out 
in  thnr  ooontrfs  service,  and  for  whom  the  gratitude  of 
thehr  ooontry  has  thus  nobly  provided.** 

Before  leaving  Bn^^d,  he  was  pnasented  al  Court 
by  Lord  MelviUe,  First  Lord  of  the  Admiralty.  From 
some  cause  or  other,  Fbrry  had  thought  that  his  Ma- 
jesty felt  little  interest  on  the  subject  of  Arctic  diaoov- 
ery,  and  was,  therefore,  agreeably  surprised  wil^  the 
«ray  in  which  he  was  received. 

"  The  Ung,  whose  manner  instantly  set  me  at- my  ease, 
qmte  as  much  as  if  I  liad  bcMi  in  the  presence  of  any  other 
gentleman,  said:  *Captidn  Pkrry,  I  oongratukte  you  on 


fT' 


123 


'^^auitoam  ow 


your  retnrn  fWwn  your  ontorprise ;  I  am  iorry  I  hare  not 
had  an  opportunity  of  socing  you  before,  but  I  am  happy 
now  to  add  my  tribute  to  that  of  every  body  el«e.*  Sa- 
bbe  came  next,  and  hia  Mi^esty  was  very  oiril  to  htm 
also.  Then  came  Lyon,  as  we  had  oorselres  arranged, 
and  Lord  Melville,  who  was  close  by,  introduced  him  as 
*  about  to  accompany  Captain  Parry.*  *Tes,'said  his 
Mi^esty,  *  and  to  share  in  his  honors  I*  looking  towards 
me  as  I  was  sidlinff  oC'* 

,  .  It       ,  "  t 

While  the  ships  still  remained  at  Deptford,  the 
"  Ilocia  "  ezsited  especial  interest,  for  all,  of  every  de- 
gree, were  anxious  to  tread  the  planks  of  a  vessel  which 
had  so  recently  borne  the  flag  of  Britam  to  the  un- 
known north,  and  had  braved  the  rigors  of  an  Arctic 
winter.    In  order  to  oblige  the  numerous  applicants 
^r  admission,  and,  at  the  same  time,  as  some  acknow- 
ledgment of  the  flattering  reception  he  had  met  with 
from  the  public,  Parry  determined  to  give  a  grand  en- 
tertainment on  board  the  "Fory."    The  idea  was 
hailed  with  glee  by  aU,  and  Monday,  the  17th  of  April, 
fixed  upon  for  the  day.    Under  the  direetion  of  the 
captain  hunsdf  and  his  first  lieutenant,  both  of  whom 
oEijoyed  the  '*  spree  "  ftdly  as  much  as  the  youngest  on 
bawd,  all  hands  were  set  to  work,  and  the  ships  gayly 
decorated  with  flags  and  green  brandies  for  the  oooa^ 
doa  It  was  arranged  that  the  upper  dedc  of  the 
"  Puiy  "  should  be  the  ball-room,  whUe  thehulk,  out- 
side of  which  she  lay,  was  tasteflifly  fitted  up  as  a  kind 
of  general  promenade.    The  sun  shone  brightly  on  the 
assembled  guests,  and,  aided  by  the  enlivening  strains 
of  the  Artillery  band,  the  ftstivities  were  prolonged  to 
so  hkte  ui  hour,  that  tiie  nuxm  had  already  rises 


"""   "->-'"-''''■•■■■■    '  '-•ffi  '■'  I  riiiiriiii>>iii(inriiTiTMIiriiart«rw^^ 


■n  w.  B.  9jj»r. 


f  I  hare  not 
I  am  happy 
f  elae.*  Sa* 
oivU  to  htm 
IS  arranged, 
aoed  him  at 
ea,'  said  his 
log  towards 

ptford,  the 
►f  every  de- 
vessel  which 
to  the  un- 
f  an  Aiotio 
applioants 
ae  aoknow- 
d  met  with 
I  g^rand  en- 
I  idea  was 
Oi  of  April, 
itionof  the 
h  of  whom 
oongeston 
ihips  gayly 
>T  the  oooa^ 
Bdc  of  the 
hulk,  out- 
!>«sakind 
btlyonthe 
ing  Btraina 
Ql<mged  to 
eadj  riaea 


on  the  danoera  before  the  firat  boat  quitted  the 
ship. 

On  the  27th  April,  the  ships  were  ready  for  sea,  and 
the  wind  flur  for  the  Nore ;  but  it  waa  Friday,  and 
Parry,  though  eager  enough  to  be  off,  was  unwilling 
to  oast  even  the  i^adow  of  an  evil  omen  upon  his  en- 
terprise, by  loosing  hia  sails  on  that  day  <^  the  week. 
The  next  morning  the  wind  changed,  and,  after  wait- 
ing in  vain  two  days  fur  it  to  shift  to  a  fiivorable  quar- 
ter, the  ships  were  towed  aa  fiir  as  the  Nore,  and  Anally 
left  the  river  on  the  8th  of  May.  His  forbearance  in 
not  leaving  Deptford  on  an  unlucky  day  was  thus  re- 
warded by  the  curious  colincidenoe,  that  they  bade  fare- 
well to  the  Thames  on  the  some  Tuesday  of  the  year 
OS  that  on  which  they  had  sailed  on  the  former  voy- 
age. "  This  is  pleosii^"  he  writes,  "  because  aailora 
are  superstitious,  and  have  a  great  fimcy  for  lucky  daya^ 
with  which  I  always  think  it  best  to  comply,  if 
possible." 

't  While  the  ahipe  were  on  their  way  down  the  river, 
a  melancholy  aooUent  ooouned.  John  Gordon,  one 
of  the  "FuryV  seamen,  had  aooompanied  the  former 
expedition,  and,  during  ihe  long  winter  at  Melville 
Island,  had  derived  auoh  benefit  fiom  the  instmotion 
received  on  board,  that,  from  azeokless,  swearing  man, 
he  became  an  altcned  diaracter.  The  rest  is  given  in 
Sir  I!.  Parry's  own  words^  in  a  leotore  delivered  at 
SoQthampton  th«  year  before  his  death. 

**  I  have  his  flne,  tall,  powerftd  flgm«  now  before  me, 
Btallcfaig  aerass  the  lee,  when  it  was  breaUng  up'lritli  ^o> 
lenoe,  almost  nnder  Us  foet,  wHh  the  end  of  a  siz^lnoh 
hawser  over  one  diodlder,  and  an  axe  on  the  other,  to 


iiirfiBa-iiniMij»-*w*«i-i 


194 


lOdfOIM  09 


?;'> 


make  »  hole  in  the  ioe  for  an  anchor,  to  seoare  the  ihip 
firom  danger,  often  requiring  nnusual  activity  and  nerve. 
In  anoh  caie^  John  Gordon  was  the  man  always  called 
for,  and  the  man  alwaya  at  hand.  The  year  after  our  re- 
turn to  EngUmd,  a  fresh  Arctic  Expedition  was  fitted 
out,  under  my  command,  and,  to  my  great  satisfaction, 
one  of  the  first  men  who  presented  themselves  to  accom- 
pany, me  was  John  Gordon,  to  whom  I  gladly  gave  ouo 
of  the  best  petty  oflloer*s  ratings.  And  I  reckoned  great- 
ly on  the  example  such  a  man  would  set  to  all  of  ray 
orew.  But  Gk>d,  in  Hli  mysterious  providence,  had  or^ 
dered  it  otherwise.  When  the  ship  had  dropped  down 
to  Gravesend,  Gordon  was  sent  in  a  boat,  one  morning, 
to  Uy  a  kedge  anchor.  In  throwing  the  anchor  out  of 
the  boat,  one  of  the  flukes  oaught  the  gunwale,  bringing 
it  to  the  water's  edge.  The  tide  running  very  strong, 
Gordon  saw  that  the  boat  must  be  swamped,  and  the 
orew  greatly  endangenad,  if  the  anchor  Were  not  instant- 
ly released.  He  flew  iW>m  the  stem-sheets  past  the  other 
men,  and,  by  the  utmost  eflbrt  of  his  own  muscnUur  pow- 
er, lifted  the  anchor  clear,  just  in  time  to  save  the  boat. 
But,  in  so  doing,  he  neglected  his  own  personal  safety. 
As  the  anchor  ran  down,  the  Ught  of  the  hawser  got 
round  Us  body,  and  dragged  him  out  of  the  boat— and 
we  have  never  seen  John  Gordon  from  that  moment  to 
this  I  lean  not  describe  the  sensation  this  melancholy 
catastroi^e  occasioned  in  the  aUp,  for  Gordon  was  res- 
pected tad  beloved  by  all'* 

Owing  to  oontraij  yinda,  H  was  «  oonaideraKle  time 
beforo  the  ihipa  w«ro  dear  of  the  Otkagjt. 

**  However,**  (Oaptain  Fhrry  writes,)  **I  do  not  &  the 
least  regret  our  detention,  as  I  am  oertab  we  are  too 
early  fmr  oommenomg  our  operadons  inHudson*e  StrfitSi 


jUBPmiwfenaow'iw 


«IM*i 


iMMteliMWiMMaMi 


i ' 


■ra  w.  a.  PABBT. 


135 


lire  the  ihip 
r  and  nervo. 
Iwaya  oalled 
kfler  oar  re> 
.  WM  fitted 
■atiif«otion, 
M  to  aooom- 
Ijr  gave  ouo 
Loaod  great- 
)  all  of  my 
loe,  had  or- 
tppod  down 
le  morning, 
)hor  oat  of 
le,  bringing 
'ery  strong, 
ed,  and  the 
not  instant- 
It  the  other 
scalar  pow- 
e  the  boat, 
onal  safety, 
hawser  got 
boat — and 
moment  to 
mehmoholy 
on  was 


arable  time 

not  in  the 
we  are  too 
mf»  Straits, 


and  it  gives  me  an  opportanity  of  confirming  the  good 
aoooants  of  myself  and  oar  ships  to  a  Uter  date.  My 
dearest  mother  anticipated,  hi  one  of  her  letters,  our 
having  commenced  our  regahur  Sunday  charoh-servioe  on 
board  the  *  Fury.*  Tills  was  not  the  case,  however,  till 
to-day.  .  .  .  Nothing  can,  possibly,  be  more  delightAd 
than  our  little  church.  We  had,  while  hut  in  England, 
the  Morning  Hymn  and  hundreth  psahn  added  to  our 
organ,  the  former  to  be  played  at  the  commencement  of 
the  service,  the  hitter  at  the  end  of  the  Litany,  which 
adds  a  good  deal  to  the  solemnity  of  the  whole,  as  does 
also  a  regohur  chaplain  perfom^ng  the  service  in  his 


gown, 


n* 


i/li^^-KU    '.,i. 


,'1  ..i* : 


,<  Nothing  of  oonsequenoe  oocnrred  during  the  panage 
aoroM  the  Atkmtio ;  the  ihipfl,  whose  sailing  qualities 
were  well  tested  in  the  gales  which  they  encountered, 
were  ibnnd  to  be  of  very  equal  powers,  an  advantage' 
ftilly  appreciated  b;  Parry,  who,  on  his  two  previoiM 
voyages,  had  had  his  patience  sorely  tried  by  the  slug- 
Cpsh  movements  of  the  "Alexander"  and  "Qriper." 
On  the  14th  June,  they  fell  in  with  the  first  iceberg  in 
Davis'  Straits,  about  seven  degrees  to  the  east  of  the 
mouth  of  Hudson's  Stnits.  Here,  the  "Nautilus" 
transport,  whioh  had  aooompanied  them  from  the  Nora, 
was  dismissed,  bringing  home  the  last  dispatches  and 
letters.  Among  the  latter  was  the  following  from 
Oaptain  Parry  to  his  parents,  which,  though,  in  some 
of  its  exprepd^ms,  differing  miterially  from  what  he 
would  have  written  in  later  lift^  exhibits  a  tone  of  deep 
rdigions  feeling: 

*  Tha  Bpv.  0«affs  fUher  ■eoompMitod  this  vcgtMioo,  as  Ohaylatai 
aod  AatroDOOMr. 


riMNM 


/ 


-•^/v. 


1S6 


mifons  09 


"JZ  M.  8. ' JWy,»  <jf  Sttd»<m'$  /Straitt.       ^-  • 

**Ju$»$  92, 1891. 
**  Mr  Dmabwt  Paumtv.    The  time  bdng  near  At  huid 
when  the  transport  wlU  UnaUj  lenre  oe  for  England,  I 
gladly  oommenoe  my  letter,  which  will  probably  oonrey 
to  yoa  the  laet  information  of  oar  movemonU  whioh  can 
reach  you  for  a  long  time.    I  foel  in  this  event,  as  if  a 
Moond  separation  were  about  to  take  place  from  those 
most  dear  to  me  in  the  world;  bat  I  also  ftel  that  the 
Doing,  who  has  hitherto  kept  as,  will  keep  as  still,  how 
ever  distant  we  are  from  each  other,  and  to  whaterer 
length  of  time  it  may  please  Qod  to  eontinue  our  separa- 
tion. ...  I  thank  Ood  tliat  I  am  b  excellent  health,  to 
enable  me  to  perform,  by  His  gracious  assistance,  the 
duties  of  the  station  to  which  He  has  called  me.    I  trust 
I  am  duly  thankfol  for  His  mercies  to  me,  for  the  success 
He  has  granted  me,  and  for  any  ftiture  worldly  prospects ; 
bat  I  am  much  more  thankfol  that  I  can  safoly  say  I  never 
felt  BO  strongly  the  vanity,  unoertabty,  and  oomparative 
nniniportanoe  of  every  thing  thb  worM  can  give,  and  the 
paramount  neoessity  of  preparation  for  another  and  a 
bettor  lifo  than  thisL  .  .  .  .  My  dearest  Parents,  may 
Ood,  of  His  faifoiito  moroy,  bless,  protect,  and  make  yoa 
happy!    He  is  my  witness,  that  I  would  wiOin^y  toy 
down  the  Ufo  He  has  given  me  to  seoure  your  happiness 
or  qomfort,  if  these  can  be  emeoted  in  this  lifo.  Whether 
we  are  to  meet  again  hare,  Ood  only  knows,  bat  of  this 
Re  has  assured  us,  that  we  oia,  by  eoiiieetly  Imploring 
HUgnuie  and  assistmcf,  and  by  oar  own  best  endeavors, 
aeottre  to  oarselvas  •  meeting  when  shall  be  Joy  and 
happiness,  wlthoat  a  sbgle  drawback,  for  ever  and  ever. 
Onoe  more,  God  Mess  yoa !    He  who  Jknowa  the  seerets 
of  an  hearto  can  akme  know  the  deep  and  ardent  aflbo* 
tioa  of  year  gratefol  and  aAetionato  son, 

"W.RPabbt." 


laiH 


*"""'■" ""    -' — I 1 — ■^-r-"r'n  rurnir 'iimiiiimmiBai 


i**«i*jll*l- 


tUt. 

Sa,  1891. 
Mr  at  band 
EngUnd,  I 
b!jr  oonrejr 
>  which  oan 
mt,M  if  a 
from  thoM 
b1  that  the 
I  itiU,  how- 
9  whatever 
oar  Mpara. 
•>  healtlk,  to 
itaooo,  the 
•.    I  trust 
the  saooeif 
proipeota ; 
Mjr  I  never 
tmparatiYe 
'e,  and  the 
her  and  a 
■rata,  may 
make  70a 
Dingly  laj 
h^dnees 
Whether 
rat  of  thia 
Imiploring 
mdearon, 
0  Jojand 
and  ever, 
heieereta 
tontaflbo- 


On  tho  aeoond  day  after  parting  with  the  traniport, 
the  Hhipa  entered  Uudaon'a  Straita ;  but  their  program 
was  much  impeded  by  ioe  and  deniie  miati,  which  over- 
hung tho  bleak  northern  ahore,  along  which  they  made 
their  way.  .*  ,j     ,  ,  ^  ,  ,  ,  ', 

**  It  requires,**  writes  Parry,  **  a  few  days  to  be  passed 
amidst  scenes  of  this  nature,  to  erase,  in  a  certain  degree, 
tho  impressions  left  by  more  animated  landscapes,  and 
not  till  then,  perhaps,  does  the  eye  become  ihmiliariiedf 
and  the  mind  reconciled,  to  prospects  of  utter  barren* 
ness  and  desotetion,  such  as  these  ragged  shores  pre* 
sent.*' 

They  were,  at  this  time,  completely  beaet,  and  drifted 
about  at  random  with  the  tides ;  while  the  swell  of  the 
Atlantic,  setting  down  the  strait,  every  now  and  then 
H3parated  the  masses  sufficiently  to  dash  the  ships 
against  the  ioe  alongside,  with  a  force  that  no  veaaol 
strengthened  in  the  ordinary  way  oould  have  withstood. 
As  they  worked  their  way  slowly  to  the  westward, 
they  foil  in  with  a  tribe  of  Esquimaux,  whose  rude 
manners  strongly  oontraated  with  those  of  any  they 
had  before  seen,  and  whose  filthy  customs  disgusted  all 
on  board. 

**  On  the  whole,**  (murry  says,)  *'  it  is  impossible  Ibr  ua 
not  to  receive  a  very  nn&voraUe  impresdon  of  the  gene* 
rul  behavior,  and  moral  character,  of  the  natives  of  this 
part  of  Hudson's  Strait,  who  eeem  to  have  aoqdred,  by 
an  annual  intercourse  with  our  ships  for  neariy  a  hundred 
years,  many  of  the  vices,  which,  unhappily,  attend  a  first 
hiteroonrse  with  the  clviUaed  world,  without  having  im* 
bibed  Miy  of  the  virtues  or  refinements  which  adorn  or 
render  it  happy.*' 


i^>jiwuaiiapi 


V 


188 


MMOtM  Ot 


The  diOauh  narigtUon  of  Iludion's  Strait  oocaplod 
«  whole  raoDth,  for  it  wm  not  until  Augiiat  2d  that 
thwjr  nwohod  tlie  nortb-CMt  corner  of  Southiunp'on 
Fiihind.    Of  the  oxiitenoe  of  a  paaiag«  to  the  nortr  of 
thin  iiiand  nuuiy  doubts  had  been  raiaed.     Eifjity 
yottrt  before,  the  name  of  "  Froaen  Strait "  had  k^n 
laid  down  in  the  ohartl^  upon  the  authority  of  Captain 
Middleton,  but  lome  ft  home  hod  impugnetl  hia  honeaty, 
and  boldly  aaierted  that  thia  atrait  waa  a  chimera  of 
hia  own  imagination.    Such  being  the  oa-te,  it  raatod 
now  with  Parry  to  choose  between  Middleton  and  hia 
aoouaera ;  in  other  worda,  to  decide  whether  he  ahould 
•t  once  aaaume  the  atrait  in  quoatiou  v  bo  n  reality,  or 
take  the  more  certain  but  oirouit«>ua  oourso  round  the 
aouth  of  Southampton  Ldand,  by  which  the  diat:inoe  to 
be  traverMxl  before  reaching  Repulae  Boy  would  bo  in- 
creaaed  to  nearly  150  leagues.    After  the  most  anxioua 
eonaideration,   h^  determined  to  puraue  the  bolder 
oourae  of  attempting  the  direct  poaaoge  of  the  Frozen 
Strait;  "though,"  he  oonfiMed,  "not  without  some 
•pprehenaion  of  the  riak  he  waa  incurring,  and  of  the 
■erioua  loaa  of  time,  which,  in  oaae  of  faUure,  either  fW>m 
the  non-eziatenoe  of  the  atrait,  or  ttom  the  inauperable 
obataolea  which  ita  name  implied,  would  thus  bo  in- 
evitably ocoaaioned  to  the  expedition."    The  leault 
proved  that  he  waa  right  in  preferring  the  ocular  tc* 
timony  of  hia  pradeoeoaor  to  th^apeoulationd  of  hia  ao- 
ouaera.   The  Prowm  Strait,  which  Middleton  had  aeen, 
but  not  attMnpted,  waa  found  to  exiat.  and  to  be  by  no 
meana  unworthy  of  its  diaagreeable  name.    Slowly, 
but  aurely,  the  diaooveiy  ahipa  made  their  way  through 
the  floea  and  hummooki^  rendered  mora  dan^eroua  by 


»>i».»?;?,Ti>,r»iM-,  :»fT-5T  ~(i»J-jr»(f.»«;<-;.v»S;;'B>jMMi<mM 


.JMmS 


«-J 


MB  W.  &  riBST. 


IS* 


lit  oooapiod 
list  2a  that 
)at(uunpton 
le  norti'  of 
i.     Eighty 
"  lUKl  iK^n 
of  Captain 
Ills  hoiMMty, 
ohitnera  of 
e,  it  reitod 
on  and  hii 
r  he  ahould 
\  reality,  or 
round  the 
di«t:inoe  to 
ould  bo  in* 
)st  anxious 
the  bolder 
>ho  Frozen 
hout  Homo 
and  of  the 
either  fW>m 
nsuperable 
lus  bo  in* 
Fhe  result 
Doular  tea- 
i  of  his  oc- 
1  hod  seen, 
0  be  bjno 
.    Slowly, 
ly  through 
ia(eronsby 


Uiu  provaiUng  fogiu  The  only  diooorery  worthy  of 
mention,  was  a  mognifloent  bay,  free  from  ioe,  and 
"pooMNMUug  many  advantages  that  would  have  ren* 
dcred  it  invaluable  in  a  more  temperate  dime."  This 
was  named  after  the  Duke  of  York,  having  been  en- 
tered on  the  birth>day  of  his  Iloyal  Highness.  Lear* 
ing  this  inviting  spot,  they  continued  their  course  os 
before,  until,  the  weather  suddenly  clearing  up,  they 
found  a  continuous  shore  immediately  ahead.  Tbej 
Eod,  in  foot,  without  being  awaro  of  it,  actually  entered 
Repulse  Bay.  A  boat  was  at  once  detached  fVom  the 
"  Heola  "  to  row  round  the  Airther  extremity,  where 
alone,  fW>m  the  overlapping  of  one  or  two  headbnds, 
the  smallest  hope  of  a  passage  could  exist  The  party 
noon  returned,  and  reported  that  Repulse  Bay  was  true 
to  its  name,  so  that  oil  ooi\jeoture  on  that  subject  was 
now  set  at  rest  forerer. 

The  first  problem  of  the  roysge  being  thus  solved, 
th«  grand  ol(ject  still  remained,  namely,  to  '*  get  hold  " 
(as  Parry  tapnmud  himself)  "  of  the  north-east  ooner 
of  America."  Thus  much,  however,  had  been  gained, 
that  they  had  at  last  "got  hold"  of  the  continent  itself, 
.and  the  ships,  accordingly,  repassed  the  mouth  of  the 
bay,  and  proceeded  nofthwardib  But  they  were  not 
yet  clear  of  the  sinit  of  iU-omened  name.  "  Th«  ob- 
struotkms  and  diiBfOultiea  to  be  enooonteyd  were  as 
little  known  sa  the  geography  of  this  part  of  the  coast 
of  America,  along  the  line  of  which  Ch^ttain  Pany  was 
dirwfesd  to  keep,  in  fnooeeding  to  the  mnrthwafd,  and 
to  examine  eveiy  cieek  and  inlel^  which  might  i^rd 
a  practicable  passage  to  the  we^ward.  In  ftilfllling 
this  part  of  his  instructions,  nevw,  since  the  voysges 


■ita^tfpHi 


IM 


ov 


of  TuMeofif  fttoBf  ilw  north-weit  «ottii  of  Anwrfca, 
WM  A  liiM  of  unknown  oom«  explored  with  muro  indo* 
iktig»bl«  aaal  and  penereronoe,  or  with  monti  minute* 
BOM,  nnder  the  moet  ftppnlling  diOoultieik"*  The 
tide*  now  enoountered  were  lo  itroog,  wad  the  i<]e-lNd«n 
oddiee  so  violent,  that  the  ehipe  were  lometiinM  oom- 
pleteljr  tuned  round,  to  the  imminent  riak  of  the  rud< 
de^^  and,  indeed,  the  whole  framework  of  the  remi)\a. 
Bat  thie  wm  not  nil ;  ibr,  after  haring,  with  infinite 
labor,  advanced  aome  diatanoe  to  the  north,  through 
the  labyrinth  of  ioe,  the  floe  to  whioh  thejr  were  attoobed 
drifted  aotithwardri,  and  aotoalljr  otfried  them  back  to 
the  lame  ipot  wbm  thej  had  been  a  month  before. 
Under  theae  raxaliow  oiroamatanoea, 

**  To  eoHildef**  (Pany  wrltea)  •«  what  might  have  been 
efboted  in  thb  iatervai,  (whleh  boloded  the  very  beat 
part  of  the  navigable  eeaion,)  had  we  been  previoody 
aware  of  tiie  potiUoa  and  extent  of  the  Amerioan  Oon* 
tlnent,  about  thk  meridian,  ii,  b  iteei^  eertably  naavail- 
l«t,  bat  It  eervei  to  ehow  the  valae  of  even  the  ■malleat 
geographleal  Information,  b  eeoe  where  not  an  hour  muit 
bb  thrown  away,  or  anproitably  employed.  Nor  eoold 
we  help  teeybg,  that  had  ByK  Fox,  and  Middleton, 
by  tbiir  joint  exertkNM,  eneeeeded  b  aatiiflMtorUy  deUr. 
mbbf,  thia  hr,  the  extent  of  the  oontbeat  of  bnd,  the 
tloMiwhM^wv  had  btely  oeoapiedb  tUi  manner,  might 
have  been  more  advantageoofly  employed  b  ranndbg, 
by  a  more  dlreet  roirte,  the  aoiih^aai  pobt  of  Ameriea, 
and  ev«i  b  pwrabg  oor  way  alo«g  lu  northam  ahoraa." 

Till  tb«  end  of  Septembar,  the  wboto  tima  waa  qjwnt 
ia  tha  tti^iBiination  of  asveial  desp  oreeka  oa  tha  ooaat» 

*  QurtW^  iMiMT,  TOL 


*""" ° " I      II  niriiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiii 


•IN   W.   ■.   rABBT. 


m 


.Wi;1 


In  thU  difflouU  And  todioua  task  Ihe  oomnaaiidcr  itt  i 
wurtby  exAtuple  to  all.  On  ono  oooMion,  be  wm  abMOt 
from  the  eltipe  eighi'-oti  aaotber,  nine  dajreaad  QightMi 
aud  the  extent  of  ooeet  eutuAlljr  dkoovered,  and  l»id 
down  on  the  ohMrte,  Amounted  to  two  hundred  leagues. 
The  following,  from  the  pen  of  ono  of  the  "Pury'e" 
odioen,  teetiflM  to  hla  obeerfUl  enduronoo  on  theee 
trying  expedittone,  mi  well  m  to  the  BffQotionAto  Boxiety 
for  hie  peraonol  Mfetj,  (bit  by  thoM  under  hb  oom* 
nuuul; 

'      '  ^' -        **  Si)Utnb«r,  IB21. 

**  Oaptoin  Porrj  determineo,  the  mom«nt  we  eould  get 
tho  ahip  oat  of  her  present  litaBlion,  to  proceed  onoe  more 
in  tho  boots,  and  examine  the  ooosl  to  the  southward, 
until  he  should  rsooh  Oore  Bay;  dlreotlng  that  the  ships 
should  follow  In  that  dlreotlou,  whenerer  the  lee  permits 
ted.  A  boat  from  each  ship  havbg  been  prepared,  with 
oight  daytf  proTisUms,  Captain  PBrry,  oeoompanled  ogohi 
by  Mr.  Ross  and  Mr.  Sherer,  in  the  *  HeoUi's '  boat,  with 
Mr.  M'Leren,  asdstant  surgeon  of  the  *  Heola,*  left  as  at 
fbur  o*olook,  on  tho  14th  Ssptember,  to  pursue  his  exom- 
InBtion. 

•*  On  the  morning  of  the  fist,  the  ships  were  got  under 
way,  and  all  sail  mode  to  the  southward,  keeping  as  dose 
to  the  western,  or  righs  hand  shore  of  the  inlets,  as  posd- 
bU,  hi  order  to  avoid  missing  the  boats,  should  they  be 
on  the  return.  On  the  momhig  of  the  Si4»  ^he  whid 
oeme  from  the  northwurd,  and  gradually  fi^ened  to  a 
ItUr  breeie,  ooBthming  throughout  the  day,  with  ooo*> 
rional  shdwers  of  sleet  and  snow.  In  the  efenhig  the 
weather  b«yuiie  more  bclement,  and  a  rery  hoary.  fhU 
of  snow  added  considerably  to  the  anxiety  we  began  to 
Ibel  on  account  of  Oi^ttaln  Fl^ry  and  bin  ftrtj  who 


Sy4ttii^lMi8fe!l!JA.Ui-JAMMIWi' 


.3^.:l. 


>»-.-  r 
«-«' 


189 


■'l:f 


laaioiM  ov 


wwe  viotuUed  for  eight  d»y«,  ud  had  been  ibwnt 
■eren. 

**T1ie  whole  of  the  33d  poMwd  without  uy  tign  or 
•ppearanoe  of  the  boats,  and  (though  I  fi>lt  rare  Captain 
Ptory  had  not  neglected  roch  precantionary  meaaaret  aa 
would  enable  him  to  extend  his  resources  for  a  day  or 
two)  the  idea  of  their  being  reduced  to  the  necessity  of 
even  a  short  aUowance  of  provisions  in  snoh  a  climate,  at 
this  season,  exposed,  as  they  were,  to  all  its  inclemencies, 
was  sufficient  to  excite  all  our  commiseration  and  sym- 
pathy,  independently  of  the  more  fearfiil  consideration, 
that  some  serious  disaster  might  be  the  cause  of  their 
delay.    With  these  feeUngs,  we  were  delighted  to  hear 
that  Captain  Lyon  btended  toget  under  way  at  daylight, 
and  run  to  the  southward  to  look  for  them.    The  wea- 
ther moderated  in  the  course  of  the  day,  and  the  wind 
became  light,  and  drew  round  to  the  westward.    At  day- 
light  on  the  a4th,  the  ships*  anchors  were  weighed,  and 
•n  sdl  made  along  to  the  bmd  to  the  southward.    We 
had  not  gabed  above  six  or  eight  miles,  when  the  wind 
became  directly  contrary,  and  when  the  night  dosed  in> 
without  any  appearance  of  the  boats,  our  anxiety  was  in- 
««Med  to  a  most  abmiing  degree.    Ahirgebody  ofioe 
had  been  observed  to  the  southward  the  whole  day,  and 
We  became  apprehensive  that  this  ought  cut  them  off, 
and  would  equally  prevent  our  approach  to  them.    A* 
thousand  fearfol  consequences  of  such,  or  other  similar 
gisasters  were  haunting  ooir  imagmations,  when,  at  7.60 
PJt  the  flash  of  a  musket  was  observed  at  some  distance 
ftomns.    Ablue%htW3iiminediatelybum«lfW)mthe 
ships,  lights  hoisted,  and  muskets  flashed,  and,  in  a  few 
mbntes,  we  had  the  happiness  to  be  fully  awured  of  its 
being  our  boats  returning,  by  their  bummg  a  port-fire. 
1%  IS  necessary  to  be  pbuied  hi  a  simihu*  state  of  anxiety, 


::'''., 


iite!i{iwiiw<f'a'''W''.''V' '.''!' 


"•^'rr'Trirn  "ni'"T'i '  ■"  in    ■  n'r-riniiiilii'iMAi\( 


Jt  V, 


-■iM»«m»iii 


1:*^^ 


'  ■-'-  ff 


tIB  W.  ■.  PABBT. 


18S 


been  abaent 

uy  tign  or 
rare  Captaia 
meaaaret  ae 
for  a  day  or 
neoeuity  of 
a  olimate,  at 
iuolemendea, 
ion  and  sym* 
>nsideration, 
aae  of  their 
hted  to  hear 
'  at  daylight, 
L    The  wea* 
nd  the  wind 
d.    At  day- 
eighed,  and 
iward.    We 
en  the  wind 
lit  cloaed  in^ 
iety  waa  in- 
body  of  ice 
)le  day,  and 
t  them  off, 
>  them.    A 
ther  similar 
hen,  at  7.60 
me  d&tance 
B4l  fW>m  the 
id,  in  a  fern 
lured  of  its 
:  a  port-fire, 
of  anxiety, 


to  nndemtond  the  joy  which  difRued  itself  over  every 
coontenanoe,  and  which  was  btiU  heightened,  when,  at  9 
o'clock.  Captain  Parry  and  all  his  people  got  on  board 
the  ships,  in  excellent  health,  without  havbg  suffered  a 
want,  privaUon,  or  inconvenience  of  any  kind.  The  ob* 
Btrnotion  they  had  met  from  ice  had  been  the  cause  of  fre- 
quent delays,  and  they  had,  onthb  morning,  been  obliged 
to  carry  their  boats  for  a  mile  and  a  half  on  land,  Trafore 
they  could  proceed ;  but,  at  the  first  detention.  Captain 
Parry  reduced  the  allowance  of  bread,  etc.,  and,  as  they 
had  been  fortunate  in  procuring  two  rdn-deer,  besides 
hares  and  grouse,  there  was  no  lack  of  provision,  and  they 
had  sulBcient  for  two  days,  bendes  the  venison,  now  re- 
msining.**  - y:h^ '■■?■■  -  .•  <  ;"--.;;"s" ;«. 

The  seaaon  waa  now  fSuk  drawing  to  a  close ;  the 
rain  froze  as  it  fell,  rendering  the  decks  and  ropes  as 
smooth  and  sUppery  as  gloss,  while  the  increasing  dark- 
ness, added  to  the  rapid  formalion  of  the  young  ice, 
gave  too  evident  notioe  that  winter  was  close  at  hand. 
Aooordingly,  %  convenient  bay  in  a  small  island,  off 
the  entrance  of  Lyon  inlet,  was  selected  for  winter 
quarters.  On  the  8th  of  October,  the  ships  were  moved 
into  their  ptoses,  through  a  oonal  cut  for  the  purpose, 
and,  in  a  few  hours,  flnnly  fiozen  in.  ,   " 

An  Arctic  winter  was,  by  this  time,  no  novelty  fo  the 
crews  of  the  "Pury"  ond  "Heola,"  and  the  experience 
of  Winter  Harbor  hod  taught  Ooptain  Parry  the  best 
means  to  be  employed,  for  the  preservation  of  jiealth 
and  comfort  The  theatre,  from  which  so  much  amuse- 
ment had  been  before  derived,  was  now  "  ri^;ged  out " 
afresh,  on  a  grander  and  more  commodious  scale,  with 
its  deooratuns  muoh  increased;  whUe  the  improved 


'^y-  ,.1,  ^-...--.tt,'. 


NiSifflSEr 


''««S»mj»«.*S3»S'ft'«<MWS!J£a-« 


i«4. 


^IWHe 


>  'j 


IM 


MBIIOIM  0» 


mode  of  wanning  the  ihipii  by  mean,  of  Sylretter'i 
■tovo^  praveated  the  inooayenienoe  thej  had  before 
experienced  fiom  the  cold.  ««  o«ore 

"tw  r*  T  ^  ""Pr^"  (''rit-  one  of  the  offloen) 
that  the  pleaiure  afforded  by  theee  exhibitions  aroM 

^^r^lr^^'Z^  ^^  performer.,  and  the  excel. 
U»ee^e,otbg.  The  aodienee  were  a  ch«  ready  to 
t  ZS^^l  "y  "orelty^d,  hi  an  •q.eolal  manner,  to 
thVh^i?^rV  ^*  '»'•_?««'«.  to  whom  they  were  in 
the  habit  of  looUng  up  with  rcpeet  and  obedience,  vo- 
jMtarily  exerttog  themwlve.  for  their  Mle  amu««ient. 

•nd  to  their  heart.,  content    It  i.  impoidble  to  witoe.. 

tion  of  ^▼iJue,  end  withuut  exp^mbg  a  hope,  that  no- 
tWng  ndgfat  deprive  the  men  of  thieoocarional  relief  fiom 
enn«i,the^aral  and  bMiefol  attendant  on  annnbformed 
nund,  daring  the  long  and  tedion.  wbter.'* 

,^?uTJ^\"^*'  ^~'  GentlenMm,"  «rted  on  the 
17ArfDeoembe^P«,y  ohwvee,  that " it  waa  per. 
fonned  by  the  offloen  in  so  admiiableand  foelinga 
manner,  aa  to  ezdte  nnoommon  inteieat  among  the 
men,  Md  to  o(«TiMe  him.  mow  th«i  ever,  of  the  ntU- 
^ofAejrthoatnoalwinsementa."  Them,  entertain, 
mentj  were  oooaaionaUj  varied  bjthe  exhibition  of  an 
«OBUent  magio  lantern,  presented  to  the  commander, 

S'i^wJ  *^'*****^  ^y  »^J^'  who  persisted 
m  keepmg  her  name  a  secret  ftom  those  whom  ihe  was 

nZT7!S'  ^^«?y«^»i»ffSPtoy,whohadno 
notion  of  bemg  idle  bmsel^  or  of  aUowing  others  to  be 
ao^  soooeeded  in  mastarinft  »ltemately  in  his  own  cabin. 


\ ., 


■■....  .■„r-,.,r.,-iU.t,-.-:.,.,...^.-^.|,^^^^^pj^^|^^j^^^| 


MMttMSRNHMMItiMlliiWiff 


W.  a.  PAUT. 


w 


■  Sylvester's 
IumI  before 


the  offloen) 
Utions  aroM 
d  theezoeU 
•nresdjrto 
1  numner,  to 
he/  were  in 
BdieQoo,  yo< 
smaiement. 
ereunosedf 
I  to  witneie 
fttllooDTio- 
poi  that  no- 
relief  from 
nninfonned 


ted  on  the 
time  per* 
I  fbelinga 
iUiong  the 
>fiheiitil- 
entertain- 
ition  of  an 
mmander, 
^persigted 
in  she  was 
biohad  no 
hers  to  be 
>wn  cabin, 


and  iii  ihat  of  Captain  Lyon,  a  very  respectable  orches- 
tra, in  which  his  own  violin  took  not  the  least  conspi- 
ououa  part  On  these  occasions,  the  doors  of  the  cabin 
were  thrown  open,  that  the  ship's  company  outside 
might ei\joy  the  music  ^  .      ji    .,•  " 

•'More  BkillAil  amateurs**  (says  Parry)  *« might  have 
smiled  at  these,  our  humble  concerts ;  but  it  will  not  in- 
oUne  them  to  think  less  of  the  science  they  admire,  to 
be  assured,  that,  hi  these  remote  and  desolate  regions  of 
the  globe,  it  has  often  fhmished  n«  with  the  mo8».  pleasur- 
able sensations  which  our  situation  was  capable  of  aflbrd- 
Ing.  Independently  of  the  mere  gratification  to  the  ear, 
there  is,  perhi4ts,  scarcely  a  person  in  the  world  really 
fond  of  mu^c,  in  whose  mind  iU  sound  is  not,  more  or 
less,  connected  with  his  fiur  distant  home.** 

For  a  couple  of  honn,  daring  those  evenings  which 
were  not  thus  ooouined,  ^  school  for  teaching  the  men 
reading  and  writing  was  established  on  the  lower  deck 
of  each  of  the  ships,  ihat  in  the  *'  Fniy"  under  the  su- 
perintendenoe  of  .the  parser,  Mr.  Hooper.  Attendance 
was  quite  volantary,  bat  so  good  a  use  was  made  by 
the  seamen  of  the  advantages  thns  afforded,  thai,  when 
the  oqiedition  Tetoroed  to  Enghmd,  there  was  not  a 
man  on  board  who  could  not  read  his  Bible. 

In  the  midst  of  these  occupations,  the  shortest  day 
passed  over  thdr  heada,  without  any  of  the  interest 
which  it  had  ezmted  <m  a  fonner  occasion. 

t  **  In  Ikcti**  ss  Parry  observes,  **our  whiter  was  no  longer 
an  experiment ;  our  comforts  wwe  greatly  incressed,  •nd 
the  prospect  of  an  epiriy  release  frwn  the  ice  as  &vortble 
as  could  be  derired.     In  short,  what  with  reading,  writ* 


IM 


amcoiM  09 


tag,  fluUng  and  ealonliKtag  obwrT•tlonl^  obMrrihg  the 
VMioua  nataral  phenomena,  and  taking  the  ezeroiae  no- 
eeimrj  to  preMrve  health,  nobody  felt  any  ■ymptonu  of 
ennoi,  daring  oar  impriionment  in  winter  quartern" 

With  one  exoeption,  the  health  of  the  crewi  conti- 
nued  exoeUent.    Scurvy,  the  great  enemy  of  the  polar 
▼oyager,  was  kept  at  a  distance  by  the  use  of  antiaoor* 
butioi,  liberally  aupplied  to  the  expedition.     To  these 
was  added  a  regular  growth  of  mustard  and  cieas,  in 
boxes  filled  with  mould,  which,  owing  to  the  superior 
warmth  of  the  ships,  was  no#  carried  on  on  a  larger 
■oale  than  before.    An  amusing  incident  is  connected 
with  the  preservation,  during  the  voyage  out,  of  the 
mouMin  which  these  vegetables  were  grown.     While 
the  sh%is  were  detained  at  Kirkwall,  a  boat  came  off 
to  the  «'Fury"  wxth  some  sacks  ftiU  of  earth,  which 
the  ship'b  carpenter,  (an  Aberdeen  man,  who  had  for- 
merly  belonged  to- the  menAant  service,)  was  ordered 
to  stow  away  below.     At  this  he  ventured  somewhat 
to  gramble,  and  to  question  the  utility  of  the  fctide  in 

question.    "  Never  mind  I"  says  his  mate,  John  P , 

from  whom  the  aooount  oomea,  " never  mindl  Depend 
on  it,  the  Oiptain  has  som^hing  in  bis  head,  and 
It'll  be  all  nghtr  The  obnoxious  sacks  were,  aocord- 
tagly,  stowed  away,  but,  during  the  voyage  across  the 
•Atlanti<\  thay  proved  too  muoh  for  the  carpenter's 

I»bence,  and,  at  length,  ha  ordered  P to  throw 

toe  lumber  overboard,  as  a  mere  fimcy  on  the  part  of 

the  Captain,  no  longer  remembered.    P shook  his 

bead,  but  his  superior  was  determined,  and  away  went 
tbe  bags,  not,  however,  into  the  sea,  but,  at  all  events, 
out  of  sight     D^rs  and  months  passed,  and  the  affior 


^'iw(!ii«itoi»»i^.wj9^     -  ii»,mimti>%iiifmm:'-'&m3.<mmf. 


f . 


>lMonrihg  the 
9  ezeroise  no- 
■ymptonuiQf 
uartera."  ,, ., 

crevn  conti- 
of  the  polar 
I  of  antiaoor> 
.  To  these 
nd  oresfl,  in 
the  superior  « 
on  a  lai^ger 
ifl  connected 

I  out,  of  the 
rn.  While 
at  came  off 
arth,  which 
tio  had  for- 
^aa  ordered 
i  somewhat 
le  firtide'in 
ohnP ^ 

II  Depend 
head,  and 
)re,  accord- 
tacroM  the 
carpenter's 
■  t6  throw 
he  part  of 
-shook  his 
fcwaj  went 
all  events, 
itheaffiiir 


Sn  W.  ■.  PABST. 


^IW 


was  forgotten.  Winter  Island  was  reached,  and  the 
ships  were  frozen  in.  One  day,  an  order  was  given  to 
the  carpenter  to  provide  some  long  shallow  boxes. 
This  done—"  Now,  then,  my  man,"  says  the  Captain, 
"for  those  sacks  of  earth  I*'  Down  comes  the  unfor- 
tunate carpenter  to  his  mate,  in  a  state  of  ludicrous 

perplexity :  "  Eh !  P ,  but  what  will  we  do,  man  ? 

Here's  the  skipper  singing  out  for  the  sacks  we  heaved 

overboard  I"    "  We,  indeed  1"  says  P ,  "but,  never 

mind,  it's  all  right ;  they  never  wenl  overboard  al  all  I" 
and,  doubtless,  many  of  his  messmates  had  cause,  at 
Winter  Island,  to  be  gratefUl  to  him  that  it  was  all 
right     .;      •   .    ■•    '    ,      ,)-.■.    „..■■«- /-iV  ■.;;' •/..-fjiip,"^ 

Ohristmas-day  was  now  post,  and  the  new  year  hiifl 
already  commenced,  when  a  circumstance  unexpectedly 
occurred,  which  served  still  fiirther  to  while  away  the 
tedium  of  the  yet  remaining  months  of  imprisonment, 
and  gave,  moreover,  to  this  second  voyage  a  charac- 
ter of  its  own.  On  the  Ist  of  February,  the  look-out 
on  board  the  "  Hecla"  reported  that  a  party  of  strange 
people  were  advancing  over  the  ice  towards  the  ship, 
fix)m  the  westward.  The  glass  being  directed  towards 
them,  they  were  found  to  be  Esquimaux,  and  some 
appearance  of  huts,  at  a  distance  of  about  two  miles  in 
the  same  direction,  was  then,  for  the  first  time,  disco- 
vered. Parry,  with  two  or  three  officers,  and  a  few' 
men,  at  once  set  out  to  meet  their  unexpected  visitors, 
with  whom  they  were,  shortly,  on  most  intimate  terms. 
Nothing  could  exceed  their  orderly  and  quiet  behavior, 
contrasting  strongly  with  their  brethren  of  Hudson's 
Strait  They  app^ured,  at  a  distance,  to  have  arms  in 
their  bands,  but  these  proved,  on  nearer  inspection,  to 
be  a  few  blades  of  whalebone,  intended  as  a  peaoe« 


>^"}^?»«aSft4»iSi*«p-*:«ft^^^Wi«l(I  -t 


if.^afMp 


IM 


lonu  oy 


oftring,  or  ftr  buter.     Some  of  the  women  of  tho 
pwty,  whoM  handsome  dothee  of  deenkin  attracted 

*iV^^^  ^^  ***"'"'  ^«^  **>  *•»«  Mtonthmcnt 
or  tbe  latter,  to  itrip,  for  the  porpoae  of  aeUing  their 

garment^  though  the  thermometer  was  at  28«  below 
■ero.     It  aoon  appeared,  however,  that  there  waa  no- 
thing  very  dreadfliJ  in  tjie  matter,  as  each  hod  a  com- 
plete doable  suit    Pany  now  expreeaed,  by  signs,  his 
wish  to  aooompanj  them  to  their  huts,  with  which  re- 
qtt«rt  they  willingly  compUed,  some  going  on  before  to 
.ftaten  up  the  dogs,  lest  they  should  run  away  at  the 
sight  of  so  many  strange  ftoes.     The  Esquimaux  vil- 
lige,  if  it  may  be  so  called,  consisted  of  five  huto,  with 
a  wnnplete  establishment  of  canoes,  sledges,  and  dogs, 
and  about  aixty  men,  women,  and  children,  seemingly 
as  -ettkd  as  if  they  had  been  there  for  months.     It 
poaded  Ptory,  not  a  littie,  to  divine  how  they  had  es- 
caped notice  on  board  the  ships,  where  so  many  eyes 
were  continually  on  the  look-out  for  any  thing  that 
could  afford  variety  or  interest    But  the  problem  wiw 
solved  some  days  after,  when,  having  requested  their 
newly^nade  friends  to  go  through  the  process  of  bufld- 
tog  a  hM%  It  was  accomplished  so  speedily,  as  to  show 
that  a  very  ihw  hours  would  suffice  to  complete  the 

^tlV^.^l'Ti''  '"»«I»rtynowenLedone 
of  1h©^u^  all  of  which  were  formed  entirely  pf  snow 
•ndice.  After  creeping  through  two  low  passaiKs. 
having  Mch  its  arehed  doorway,  they  found  themselva 
ma  small  mroular  apartment,  of  which  the  roof  was  a 
pwfeot  arched  dome.  From  this  room  three  doorways 
led  to  as  many  others  of  asimilar  form,  lighted  by 
round  windows  of  ioe^  neatly  fitted  into  the  roof.  The 


9ssf^-iT^y.7'^.mmui>:ii!mmtSi 


•IB  W.  &  rAIBT. 


lit 


omen  of  tho 
da  attracted 
ifltonishmcDt 
wiling  their 
t  28"  below 
lere  was  no* 
had  a  oom< 
>y  signs,  his 
ih  which  ro> 
}n  before  to 
iway  at  the 
oimauz  vil< 
9  huts,  with 
S  and  doga, 
,  seemingly 
lonthB.     It 
hey  hades* 
many  eyes 
thing  that 
x>blem  was 
lested  their 
M  of  build- 
M  to  show 
nplete  the 
interedone 
ly  of  snow 
'  pMsagea, 
themselves 
roof  WMa 
doorways 
ighted  by 
roof.  The 


women  were  seated  on  their  beds  of  skins,  each  with 
lier  little  fireplace  or  lamp,  and  surrounded  by  her  do- 
mestic utensils,  while  the  children  crept  behind  their 
raothem,  alarmed  at  the  sound  of  unknown  voices,  and 
the  sight  of  so  many  strangers.  m 

The  lespeotfVil  and  good-humored  behavior  of  thflM 
poor  people  made  a  fkvorable  impression  on  their  guests, 
which  was  not  lessened  during  the  almost  daily  inter- 
course  which  now  ensued.    With  one  or  two  excep- 
tions, their  honesty  was  always  strikingly  displayed. 
If  a  glove  or  handkerchief  were  dropped,  or  left  be- 
hind in  the  huts,  they  would  restore  it  to  the  owner, 
often  taking  the  trouble  to  travel  to  the  ships  for  tha 
purpose.     On  one  occasion,  some  of  the  "Hecla's" 
officers  bought  two  dogs,  which  made  their  escape  to 
their  old  quarters.     The  next  day,  after  the  depwture 
of  the  Esquimaux  firom  the  ships,  it  was  found  that 
they  had  left  the  same  animals  carefiilly  tied  up  on 
board.    Their  int^ty  will  appear  the  more  remark- 
able, when  we  consider  that  nearly  all  the  articles,  even 
those  of  trifling  value,  which  met  their  eyes,  were  as 
much  prized  by  them,  as  gold  or  jewels  would  have 
been  by  civilixed  people.     Their  delight  in  music  was 
unbounded,  and  the  fiddle  on  board  the  "  HeoUs"  as 
well  as  the  organ,  were  endless  sources  of  amusement. 
One  day,  Parry  paid  a  visit  to  the  huts,  and  prevaUed 
on  one  of  the  women  to  sing  him  a  song,  which  she 
willingly  did,  and  displayed  a  remarkably  soft  yoioe, 
and  an  excellent  ear.     Her  name  was  IligUuk,  and, 
almost  every  day,  she  showed  soma  firesh  symptom,of 
the  supemrity  of  understanding,  for  which  she  was  so 
remarkt^y  distinguished.    While  the  nuyority  of  her 


'Ms^^^mmf^^^-'-: 


kMmML.jMmm>-smM 


■wiBwaaasBhii'MitihiWiiaupiailB 


14« 


I' 


lom  C9 


wmntrjrmen  would  stand  rtupidly  •!  the  •rmor«r'i 
foigo,  cuing  only  to  httve  tome  ■pear>hettdi  fiuihtoned 
by  Ub  mmxm,  HigUuk  would  watch  erery  itroke  of  the 
hammer,  and  each  hhmt  of  the  bellow»s  "howing  plainly 
that  her  attention  was  occupied  with  the  utility  and 
apparent  flimpUdtj  of  the  prooeM.  The  following 
anecdote,  related  by  Parry,  diapbyi  a  pleadng  trait  of 
her  character. 

"  She  had  promiMd  to  oorer  for  me  a  Uttle  model  of  a 
eanoe,  and  had,  hi  fl^t,  aent  it  to  me  by  the  lerjeant  of 
marinet,  though  I  had  not  rightly  nndentood  from  the 
latter  ftom  which  of  the  women  it  came.    BeUovinir  that 
•he  had  fiiiled  hi  her  promiw,  I  taxed  her  with  it,  when 
■he   immediately  defended   herself  with   ooniidcrable 
wamth  and  MriooneM,  bat  without  making  me  compro- 
hend  her  moaning.  Ftodhig  that  ihewaiwaithjg  her  worde 
upon  me,  she  Mid  no  more  tUl  an  hour  afterwards,  when 
the  oeijeant  aooidentally  oombg  hito  the  cabin,  she,  with 
the  utmoit  eomporare,  bat  with  a  decidon  of  manner 
peouUar  to  herM^  took  hold  of  hia  arm  to  engoae  hi 
attention,  and  then,  looUng  him  iteadlkMly  in  the  feoe. 
a»BU«ed  Urn  of  not  baring  fidthfiiUy  executed  her  com! 
BliMiontome.    Themi«takewa.thu.hwtantIyexpUine4 
and  I  thanked  IligUuk  5>r  her  canoe ;  but  it  k  imjlij^ 
for  me  to  describe  the  quiet  yet  proud  satis&otion  dis- 
ptoyed  hi  her  oountenanoe,  at  havhig  thus  cleared  herself 
mm  the  hnputation  of  a  breach  of  promise." 

It  occurred  to  Parry,  that  the  superior  intelligence 
of  this  Esquimaux  woaian  might  be  advantageously 
employed,  for  the  purpose  of  oommunioating^  some 
knowledge  of  the  geographical  outline  of  the  coast, 
along  which  they  were  to  make  their  way,  when  the 


•vnHP'f  mLK'-LMitmS 


isg!!!>pii 


flB  w.  a.  rABRT. 


141 


th«  Mrmorer*! 
ittdi  fiuihioned 
■trokeofthe 
owing  plainly 
le  utility  and 
lie  following 
adng  trait  of 

le  model  of  a 
>>e  Mrjeant  of 
ood  fi-om  the 
lelieving  that 
with  it,  when 
oonaidorable 
i  me  oompro- 
bgherwordi 
wards,  when, 
}in,  she,  with 
I  of  manner, 
>  engage  hia 
'  in  the  &oe, 
^  her  com- 
ly  ezphiined, 
i»  impoMible 
li&otion  di*. 
ared  herself 


intelligence 
uitageooalj 
ating-  some 
'  the  ooost, 
I  when  the 


I ', 


ice  broke  up.  The  flrat  attempt  of  the  kind  waa  made 
by  placing  leveral  ahoeta  of  pajwr  before  her,  and 
roughly  drawing,  on  a  large  scale,  an  outline  of  the 
land  about  Repulao  Bay,  and  Winter  Island.  Thia 
being  done,  the  pencil  w(W  placed  in  hor  hand,  and  she, 
noon  comprehending  the  nature  of  hor  task,  continued 
the  outline,  naming  the  principal  places  as  she  pro- 
ceotled.  The  .^lo  being  large,  it  was  necessary,  aa 
she  arrived  at  the  end  of  one  piece  of  paper,  to  tack  ou 
another,  until  she  hod,  at  length,  filled  a  doaen  sheets, 
and  had  completely  lost  sight  of  Winter  Island  at  the 
other  end  of  the  table.  Her  ready  comprehension  in- 
duced Parry  to  try  again  on  a  smaller  scale,  and  thia 
succeeded  better.  As  she  traced  the  windings  of  the 
coast  to  the  northward  of  their  preeent  quarters, 

"It  would  have  amused  an  unconoemed  lookeM)n,»» 
Parry  writes,  "to  have  observed  the  anxiety  and  snspenso 
depleted  on  the  oountenonoes  of  our  part  of  the  group, 
till  this  was  aooompUshed,  for  never  were  the  tracings  of 
a  pendl  watched  with  more  eager  solioltade.  Our  sur- 
prise and  satisfiustion  may,  therefore,  in  some  degree,  be 
imagined,  when,  without  taking  it  fkrom  the  paper,  IligUnk 
brought  the  continental  coast  short  round  to  the  west- 
ward,  and  afterwards  to  the  S.  8.  W.,  so  as  to  oome 
withb  three  or  four  daytf  journey  of  Repulse  Bay.  .  .  . 
Betag  derirons  of  sedng  whether  she  would  interfere 
with  Wager  River,  as  we  knew  it  to  exist,  I  requested 
her  to  eonUnoe  the  coast  line  to  the  south,  when  sl^e  im 
mediately  dropped  the  pendl,  and  said  she  knew  no  more 
about  it.** 

The  norih-east  point  of  Amerioa  was,  in  fkot,  found 
aflsrwards  to  be  where  IligUuk  had  represented  it 


'*/- 


Ml 


*\ 


mmim 


mmm 


w'- 


I4t 


inuio:rj  (Wi    > 


Mfwnwhile,  the  Rpirita  of  •!!  oooMraod  in  the  expedi- 
tion were  niaed,  by  the  expeotatiun  of  fliuiing  the 
dfliired  piMwge  m  io  short  »  distuoe  to  the  north  of 
Winter  Iiknd. 

HigHuk  had,  howovor,  her  fkilinga,  and  the  chief  of 
theeo  wai  vanitj— •  feeling  which,  a*  may  b<>  rappoeed, 
waa  not  a  little  incroaaed  by  the  attentiona  ihe  received 
ftom  her  European  flnenda.  The  ftot  ia,  tuat,  before 
the  time  came  for  the  Eaquimaux  to  leave  Wintei 
Island,  ahe  waa  quite  spoiled.    Parry  remarks  of  her . 

•♦  I  am  oompelled  to  aoknowlodge  that,  hi  proportion 
as  the  superior  undt^rstandbg  of  this  extraordinary  wo- 
man  became  more  and  mure  developed,  her  head  (for 
what  fomale  head  is  bdiflbrent  to  praise  f)  began  to  be 
turned  with  the  general  attention  and  numberless  pre- 
sents she  received.     The  superior  decency,  and  oven 
BMdesty,  of  her  behavfor  had  oombbed  with  her  inteU 
leotual  qnalitlae  to  raise  her,  hi  our  esUmation,  ikr  above 
her  companioBS ;  and  I  often  heard  olheA  express,  what 
I  oonld  not  but  agree  h^  that  for  lUgUuk  alone,  of  aU  (he 
Esquhnaux  women,  that  kind  of  respect  could  be  enter, 
taiasd,  which  modesty  hi  a  woman  never  foils  to  com- 
maod  hi  our  sex.    'Hius  regarded,  she  had  been  always 
freely  adnu:  ted  hiv.  che  ships,  the  quartermasters  at  the 
gangway  never  tUnkhtg  of  refoaing  entrance  to  the 
•  wiae  woman,'  aa  they  called  her.    Whenever  any  expb- 
nation  waa  necessary  between  the  Esquhnaux  and  us, 
Higliuk  waa  sent  for  as  an  hiterpreter,  and  she  thus  found 
herself  risbgbto  a  degree  of  oonaequence  to  which,  but 
for  ua,  she  oould  never  have  attabed.     Notwithstandfaig 
a  more  than  ordfaiary  share  of  good  sense  on  her  part,  h 
win  not,  therefore,  be  wondered  at,  that  she  became  gid- 
dy  with  her  exalution.    In  shmt,  nigliak  in  February 


J 


''■''^■^a%Jgsg-T.'e&vjfc;xr.m«!iafe<ig-a^<i^^  ...  ^wmiir^m.iMM 


•IM  W.  B.  PAMT. 


148 


I  thetexpodi* 

flndiog  the 

the  north  of 

the  chief  of 
bd  ■uppoeed, 
ihe  reoeivod 
tu«t,  before 
lave  Wintei 
trlu  of  her . 

n  proportion 
Brdinarjr  wo- 
•r  head  (for 
begM  to  be 
iberleu  pro- 
r«  and  oven 
th  her  inteU 
in,  flur  above 
Kpreii,  what 
le,  of  ail  the 
Id  be  enter* 
lila  to  eom* 
been  always 
utenatthe 
ooe  to  the 
tranyezpU- 
MIX  and  on, 
I  thtu  ibond 
»whioh,bat 
lithatandbg 
her  part,  it 
became  g^d- 
I  February, 


and  liiglluk  in  Aprli,  were,  conf««ediy,  very  dllTorcnt 
perwne,  and  It  wai  at  laM  amoaing  to  reootleot,  thougi* 
not  very  ctuy  to  i«r«uade  one'a  ieH;  that  the  woman  wlio 
now  lat  demurely  in  a  chair,  ao  confidently  expecthig  t»i« 
notice  of  thoae  around  her,  and  aho  who  had  nt  flr«t,  willi 
eager  and  wUd  delight,  aariated  in  cutting  mow  for  t»io 
buildhig  of  a  hut,  with  the  hope  of  obtablng  a  ainglo 
needle,  were  actually  one  and  the  Mme  individual." 

The  end  of  May  had  nofw  arrired,  but  thow)  waa,  aa 

yet,  no  p.  lapect  of  rdeaae  fcr  the  ahipa.    On  shore, 

vegeUtion  aeometl  laboring  to   oommenoe,  but  tiie 

■now  Btill  by  thickly  in  uaoat  pftrta,  while,  to  aeaward, 

appearanoea  wer«  eTcn  le«i  promiaing.    During  their 

former  winter  at  MelviUe  Wand,  there  bad  been, 

before  this  period  of  the  leaKin,  aeveral  hours  of  hard 

rain,  changing  the  white  lurfaoe  of  the  ioe  to  a  greeniah 

color,  and  aiding  mort  effectulUy  in  it»  diaaolution. 

The  Eaquimaux  were,  however,  now  about  to  leave  the 

ahipe,  and  to  migrate  to  their  aummor  place  of  wai- 

Icnce  to  the  northward.    They  had,  throughout,  been 

eated  with  greet  Irindneais  and,  on  more  than  one 

y^zation,  when  the  aeal-huntere  had  tetumed  empty- 

tomleJ  for  daya  together,  the  whole  party  had  been 

saved  ftom  actual  starvation  by  supplies  of  Wscuitp 

dust  ftom  the  shipfc    In  their  baiterings  they  had 

showed,  ftom  the  flrtt,  a  ohUdlike  simplicity  in  their 

willingness  to  pert  with  their  most  valuable  powe^ 

sions,  but  Paity  had  taken  good  care  that  they  should 

bo  no  losen  in  the  end,  and  now,  at  the  final  leave- 

taking,  he  presented  them  with  several  valuable  gifts. 

The  immediate  results  of  ao  sudden  an  influx  of  wealth 

seemed  likely  to  be  serioua,  especially  to  the  yiomeu, 


■ ) 


■M 


-  ^j  "'-^^^Int^^^BVi  ■  M^  'm 


*\ 


^•'^. 


144 


or 


wtKMe  J07  wnt  them  into  hjnterio«l  flti  of  bnmodonte 
Uughtor,  auooMdwl  bj  floods  of  teta*.  Ai  tlusy  movoti 
off  with  thoir  ileugni,  drawn  by  themaelvoii,  fur  want 
of  A  auflioient  number  of  dogs,  these  light-hoorted 
}>tH>plfl  greeted  their  bonefkotora  with  three  oheori,  in 
tito  true  Kftbloon*  (English)  Htjle.  They  were  euon 
out  of  eight,  and  the  voyagera  were  onoo  more  alone. 

At  length,  on  the  2d  July,  after  having  nearly 
completod  the  ninth  month  at  Winter  Island,  the 
shi|)S,  partly  by  moans  of  channels  laboriously  out 
through  the  ioo,  and  partly  by  the  action  of  tho  wind 
drifting  the  heavy  ice  fVom  the  land,  Anally  eflbctod 
their  escape,  and  stood  to  tho  north,  up  Fox  Channel. 
On  one  side,  tho  shore  was  completely  lined  with  icse, 
while,  on  the  other,  huge  floes  woro  drifting  rapidly 
About  with  wind  and  tide,  leaving  a  channel  of  a  Ibw 
hundred  yards  in  width,  which,  however,  was  often 
quite  blocked  up.    Onoe,  tho  ships  were  swept  against 
each  other,  and,  after  some  grinding  and  squeezing, 
thej  considered  themselves  fortunate  in  escaping  with 
the  loM  of  one  of  the  "Heola's"  boats,  whioh  was 
torn  in  pieces  by  the  "Fury's"  anchor.    On  another 
occasion,  the  fiiotion  of  tho  "  Heck's"  hawsers  woa  so 
great,  as  nearly  to  cut  through  the  bitthoads,  and, 
ultimately,  to  set  them  on  fire,  so  that  it  was  necessary 
Ibr  men  to  stand  bj  with  booketa  of  water.    The 
pressure,  at  the  same  time,  made  her  heel  over  ooa- 
siderably,  and  lifted  her  itorn  up,  as  with  •  wedge, 
several  feet  above  the  water.    As  she  righted,  the 
rudder  was  unhung  with  a  sudden  jerk,  and  the  ship 
drove  several  miles  to  the  south,  before  it  could  be 
again  secured.    To  these  dangers  was  added  the  con- 


'Mutmtttitt 


)f  iromodonte 

■  they  movoii 
Ivoi,  fur  want 

ligbt'hmrtecl 
roQ  ohoora,  in 
tj  wcro  Mwn 

mora  oloiie. 
aviiig  nearly 

■  Uand,  tlio 
borioiuly  out 

of  tbo  wind 
lally  d!bcto<l 
rox  Channel, 
nod  with  ice, 
fling  rapidly 
mel  of  a  fbw 
ir,  WM  often 
iwopt  against 
d  squeezing, 
scaping  with 
,  which  was 

On  Mu>tbor 
nen  wua  ao 
ihoada,  and, 
aa  neoeoHury 
water.  The 
al  over  oon* 
ith  awedga^ 
righted,  the 
fid  the  ship 
it  could  b« 
led  the  con- 


am  w.  ■.  rAUT. 

itani  Amut  of  again  being  bMct,  or  drifted  back  its 
befbre,  undoing  the  labor  of  weekii.  lliia  niortifloa* 
tion,  however,  they  wero  a|iar«Hl.  ()»  the  12th  of 
July,  the  oxaminaUoii  of  a  wiUu  op^ining  in  the  ahoro 
led  to  the  discovery  of  a  largo  firesh-wator  river,  its 
deep  banks  richly  clothed  with  vf»getation,  and  form- 
ing, in  one  place,  a  magnlflcent  cataract  upwards  of  a 
hundred  foot  in  btpight,  which  was  honored  with  the 
name  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Admiralty.  After  Icav. 
•  ing  Borrow  River,  they  wore  fiivored  with  an  unintcr- 
ruptod  run  of  fifty  miles,  no  unimportant  event  la  this 
tedious  and  uncertain  navigation.  Iluro,  the  largo 
herds  of  walruses,  which  lay  huddled  together  on  thu 
loose  pieces  of  field-ice,  confirmed  them  in  their  belief, 
that  they  were  now  approaching  Igloolik,  the  country 
of  nigliuk  and  her  companions.  The  {Musogo  to  the 
westward,  of  which  she  had  "given  promise,  coull 
not  be  flff  off;  and,  accordingly,  on  the  next  day, 
they  found  themselves  off  a  wider  opening  than  ar.y 
they  had  yet  discovered.  Their  vexation  may  be 
discovered,  when,  instead  of  a  navigable  channel,  one 
unbroken  sheet  of  ice,  stretching  Arom  shore  to  shore, 
met  their  expectant  eyes.  For  nearly  a  month,  thoy 
were  thus  itopped  at  the  very  throahold  of  the  North- 
west Passage.  Dming  this  period,  repeated  excur- 
sions were  made  on  foot,  to  explore  the  shores  of  the 
strait  of  which  they  had  so  long  been  in  searoh,  and 
the  first  actual  s^ht  of  which  Parry  thus  describes : 

**  At  hatfpast  five,  on  *he  morning  of  the  18th  August, 
wo  arrived  at  a  penhunila  whioh  promised  to  prove  of 
high  btersat,  for  it  appeared  to  lead  to  the  very  q>ot, 
where,  from  ^e  set  of  the  tide  and  the  trending  of  the 


r 


i[ 


'.  : 


:-'" 


i[' 


140 


Muconu  oi> 


coMt,  the  strait  was  most  likely  to  be  found :  and  it 
presented,  at  the  same  time,  a  geological  oharaoter  dU< 
foring  from  any  we  had  before  met  with.  We  now 
turned  nearly  due  north,  and,  after  passbg  over  a  mile 
and  a  half  of  rooky  country,  we  arrived,  at  about  7  A.M., 
at  the  ultimate  object  of  our  journey,  the  extreme 
northern  pomt  of  the  peninsuhi,  overlooking  the  nar^ 
rowest  part  of  the  desired  strait,  which  lay  immediately 
below  us,  two  miles  in  width,  and  apparently  very  deep. 
Beyond  us  to  the  west,  the  shores  again  separated  to  the 
distance  of  several  leagues,  and,  for  more  than  three  ' 
points  of  the  compass,  in  that  direction,  no  Umd  could  be 
seen  to  the  utmost  limits  of  a  clear  horizon,  except  one 
island,  six  or  seven  miles  distant.  Over  this  we  could 
not  entertain  a  doubt  of  having  discovered  the  Pobr 
Sea,  and,  loaded  as  it  was  with  ioe,  we  already  felt  as  if 
we  were  on  the  point  of  forobg  our  way  through  it, 
along  the  northern  shores  of  America. 

''After  dispatchmg  one  of  our  party  to  the  foot  of 
the  pobt  for  some  of  the  sea-water,  which  was  found 
extremely  salt  to  the  taste,  we  hailed  the  iuteresting 
event  of  the  morning  by  three  hearty  cheers,  and  by 
a  small  extra  allowance  of  grog  to  our  people,  to  drink 
a  safe  and  speedy  passage  through  the  channel  just 
discovered,  which  I  ventured  to  name,  by  anticipation, 
Thb  Stbact  or  thb  Fubt  and  Hboijl  Having  built 
a' pile  of  stones  at  the  promontory  which,  from  its  situa- 
tion With  respect  to  the  continent  of  America,  I  called 
Oapb  Nobth-East,  we  walked  back  to  our  tent  and  bag 
gage,  these  having,  for  the  sake  of  greater  expedition,' 
been  left)  two  miles  behind,  and,  after  restmg  a  fow  hours, 
set  out  on  our  return.** 


'.■>■.'■'■ 


A  light  easterly  breeze  at  length  enabled  the  ships 
to  struggle  through  the  newly-discovered  strait  for 


>*«'- 


■■'      'MSiii^f.tS'^l'.rf-'iXK 


iiiiifi'iMiiiiiiiiii ihiiiiii 


round :  and  it 
oharaoter  dit- 
th.  We  now 
g  over  a  mile 
about  7  A.M^ 
the  extreme 
king  the  naiv 
y  immediately 
itly  very  deep, 
parated  to  the 
re  than  three 
land  oould  be 
o,  except  one 
this  we  could 
red  the  Polar 
lady  felt  as  if 
y  through  it, 

9  the  foot  of 
ioh  was  found 
le  iuteresting 
leers,  and  by 
lople,  to  drink 

channel  just 
f  anticipation, 

Having  built 
Tom  its  situo- 
Btica,  I  called 
tent  and  bag 
ir  expedition, 
g  a  few  hours, 

led  the  ships 
ed  strait  for 


...c-    _      - 


UB  W.  K.  PARBT. 


U1 


some  distance.  The  main  body  of  the  ice  was,  how* 
ever,  almost  as  firm  and  impracticable  aa  ever,  while 
the  "young  ice,"  the  certain  herald  of  winter,  was 
already  forming  on  the  little  open  water  that  re- 
mained, and  was  hourly  engaged  in  connecting  afresh 
the  masses,  whose  partial  disruption  had  vainly  raised 
their  hopes.  A  few  days  more  decided  the  matter. 
So  rapidly,  in  fact,  was  the  season  closing  in,  that  it 
was  for  some  time  doubtful,  first  of  all,  whether  the 
ships  would  be  able  to  retrace  their  course,  and  got 
free  of  the  strait  again,  and  then,  whether  th^  could 
escape  being  frozen  up  at  sea.  At  l<>ugth,  after  beat' 
ing  about,  among  the  floating  ice,  for  npany  stormy 
days,  and  losing  several  anchors,  they  were,  finally,  on 
the  last  day  of  October,  hauled  into  their  second 
winter  quarters,  at  the  island  of  Igloolik.  Here  they 
found  themselves  again  among  the  Esquimaux,  among 
whom  they  recognized  the  familiar  &cea  of  some  of 
their  former  finends.  One  of  these,  whom  the  sailors 
had  christened  "John  Bull,"  was  so  overjoyed  at 
meeting  the  friendly  "Blabloonas"  once  more,  that  he 
actually  sert,  by  one  of  the  sailors,  a  piece  of  seal-skin, 
as  a  present  to  "  Paree,"  being  the  first  offering  of  real 
gratitude,  without  expectation  of  9  return,  which  he 
had  ever  received  firom  these  people.  >^i,.  ^^  ^  ,  iv  v 
In  this  good  company  the  drraiy  winter  was  passed 
as  oheerfhlly  as  the  somewhat  gloomy  prospects  of  the 
expedition  would  permit  As  to  their  operations 'dur- 
ing the  coming  year,  Pany  was  in  great  perplexity, 
but  his  doubts,  at  length,  resolved  themselves  into  a 
definite  scheme  of  a  daring  and  hazardous  nature. 
This  was  to  send  the  "  Heda"  home,  and,  taking  ftom 


SBiiisS^ifeiMtijiiS,!-  ■ 


•i  *••'!' 


IM 


loncuiBs  cm 


lier  stores  a  year's  proyisions,  to  oontinue  his  voyage 
alone  in  the  "  Fury."  For  the  greater  part  of  the 
winter,  he  kept  his  plan  to  himselfl  and  when,  nt 
length,  he  made  it  known,  not  a  murmur  was  heanl 
from  any  one  of  the  gallant  crews  he  commanded. 
Each  wa«  willing  to  return,  or  to  remain,  as  his  com- 
mander  should  decide.  In  a  long  letter  to  his  parents, 
written  at  this  time,  to  be  transmitted  to  them  by 
Oaptain  Lyon,  he  thus  expresses  in  simple  yet  manly 
terms,  his  determination  not  to  relinquish  the  main 
object  of  his  voyage  without  one  more  struggle,  and 
breathes  Uie  spirit  of  that  calm  reliance  on  a  higher 
power,  in  which  his  resolution  had  been  taken. 

"I,  yesterday,  oommnnioated  to  all  in  both  ships  the 
determhiation  to  which  I  had  long  ago  come,  of  sending 
the  *Heda*  to  England,  and  oontinubg  our  efforts  in 
the  *  Fury*  singly.  Nothing  can  exceed  the  lively  and 
animated  bustle  now  going  on  in  our  little  colony,  and  it 
is  M  source  of  very  gpreat  gratification  to  me,  at  this  par- 
ticular period,  to  see  the  good  health  generally  enjoyed 
by  us.  May  God  continue  to  us  His  all-mercitul  guid- 
ance and  protection ;  and  I  can  not  despiur  of  still,  ulti- 
mately, effecting  our  object.  I  am  detormined,  however, 
with  the  continued 'assistance  of  Providence,  to  show 
that  pet'severance  has  not  been  wanting  in  this  enter- 
pries^  and  no  oonidderation  shall  induce  me  to  relinquish 
it,  while  a  reasonable  hope  of  success  remains.  What- 
ever the  event  may  be,  our  efforts  shall  be  worthy  of  our 
country,  and  our  retom,  I  trust,  at  least  not  inglorious. 
What  the  iMue  is  to  be,  is  in  much  better  hands  than 
ours  to  determme.  .  .  .  The  *Hecla*  will  tell  you  onr 
story  OS  fiv  as  it  goes.    For  the  condnding  part  of  the 


)(iiammaiA 


Wim 


'>'■*»>"<'  ] 


■■  :iiit0mi[,<ii'm^  CiOW/ii^lWf'Jt'iJi'  i<#^«jii!>i 


■IB  W.  M.  PABBT. 


140 


)  his  voyage 
part  of  tbe 
id  when,  nt 
ir  was  heard 
commanded. 

as  his  com- 
» hifl  parents, 
to  them  by 
ieyet  manly 
3h  the  main 
truggle,  and 

on  a  higher 
tken. 

Dth  ships  th« 
9,  of  sending 
>ur  efforts  in 
lie  lively  and 
olony,  and  it 
,  at  this  par- 
rally  enjoyed 
keroit'ul  guid- 
of  still,  ulti- 
led,  hotrevor, 
Aoe,  to  show 
ti  this  enter- 
to  relinquish 
nins.  What- 
'orthy  of  our 
it  inglorious, 
r  hands  than 
tell  you  our 
I  part  of  the 


tale,  which  is  'in  the  womb  of  time,*  onr  dear  friends  in 
England  must  patiently  wait  for  the  next  post,  which  I 
trust  may  be  viA  Kamsohatko.  They  will  not  &il  to 
feel  comfort  in  knowing  that  we  are  ever  under  the 
guidance  of  Him,  *  who  is  about  our  path,  and  about  our 
bed,  and  spieth  out  all  our  ways.'  *' 

Probably,  had  this  intention  been  carried  out,  the 
f:^'*  of  the  "Erebus"  and  "Terror"  might  have  been 
fr.r-  Mci  by  that  of  the  "Fury."  Only  a  few  days, 
b  ■v. ,  before  the  liberation  of  the  ships,  a  oircum- 
st^-o  occurred,  which  effected  a  total  change  in  his 
views.  The  scurvy,  which  had  hitherto  been  un- 
known, save  in  a  few  cases  among  the  offloers,  whose 
sedentary  pursuits  rendered  them  less  generally  atten- 
tive to  habits  of  regular  exercise,  now  made  itB  un- 
welcome appearance  most  unequivocally  among  the 
men.  The  surgeon  was  consulted,  and  his  opinion 
being,  decidedly,  against  the  wisdom  of  keeping  either 
of  the  ships  out  a  third  winter,  Parry's  better  judg- 
ment prevailed  over  his  zeal  in  the  cause  of  discovery, 
and,  with  a  passing  sigh  for  the  Polar  Sea,  which  lay 
at  the  western  gates  of  his  newly-discovered  strait,  he 
resolved  to  make  the  best  of  his  way  home,  in  com- 
pany with  the  "  Heda."  He.  was  further  confirmed 
in  this  change  of  determination  by  a  last  sight  he  took 
of  the  strait,  where  the  barrier  of  ice  remained  as 
firmly,  and  apparently  as  hopelessly,  fixed  as  ever. 
The  unexampled  lateness  of  the  season  also  convinced 
him  of  the  little  progress  he  could  hope  to  make  in  an 
onward  direction  daring  the  coming  summer.  As  it 
VROS,  it  was  not  until  the  end  of  the  second  week  in 
August  that  the  sihips  wore  finally  released,  and,  even 


1 


'fr.- 


1«0 


MKuoiu  or 


then,  the  aingular  mode  of  their  progien  aouthwaid, 
fiom  Igloolik  to  their  old  winter  quartera  at  Winter 
laUnd,  proved  how  little  could  have  been  effected  in 
contmry  direction.  The  wind  ihiling,  and  the  ice 
closing  in  around  them,  they  were,  without  the  amall- 
est  poflsibility  of  exertion  on  their  own  part,  drifted  at 
random  down  Fox  Channel,  now  driven  among  shoalB, 
with  only  a  few  inches  of  water  to  spare,  now  whiri- 
ing  round  a  headland,  at  the  rate  of  two  or  three 
knots  an  hour.  Nor  was  this  all  The  season  was  so 
far  advanced,  that,  at  one  time,  it  seemed  by  no  means 
improbable,  that,  though  on  their  way  home,  they 
might  be  detained  for  a  third  winter  in  the  ice,  almost 
within  sight  of  open  water.  At  length,  Hudson's 
Straits  were  passed,  and  they  bade  fiuewell  to  the  last 
,  ioebei^  in  Davis'  Strait. 

"It  can  scarcely  bo  unagined,"  (Parry  wrote,  on  their 
homeward  voyage  across  the  Atlantic,)  "  by  those  who 
have  not  been  similarly  situated,  with  what  eager  mterest 
one  or  two  vessels  were,  this  day,  descried  by  us,  being 
the  first  trace  of  civilised  man  that  we  had  seen  for  the 
space  of  twenty-seven  months.*' 

On  their  arrival  at  Lerwick,  they  were  warmly 
gijeeted  by  the  inhabitants,  eager  to  welcome  them 
bade  to  their  native  country.     .  <      j- 

"I  fed  it  impossible,**  (he  contmues,)  '*  adequately  to 
express  the  kindness  and  attention  we  received,  for  the 
three  or  four  days  that  we  were  detabed  in  Bressay 
Sound  by  contrary  winds.  On  the  first  intimation  of 
our  arrival,  the  bells  of  Lerwick  were  set  ringbg,  the 
inhabitants  floolc«d,  ttwa  every  part  of  the  country,  to 


L^iiyu.'..^!'^.-..^.^.; 


immmmimmm 


ii»a'ii>>'iii)i<|jiiyi^ii>li<'jiiifiji^^^ 


SIB  W.  K.  PARBT. 


Ml 


■outhwaid, 
B  at  Winter 
n  effected  in 
ind  the  ice 
i  the  small* 
-t,  drifted  at 
long  shoals, 

now  whirl* 
TO  or  three 
ason  was  so 
J  no  means 
home,  they 

ice,  almost 

Hudson's 

1  to  the  last 


te,  on  their 
f  those  who 
ger  interest 
>y  us,  being 
een  for  the 


re  warmly 
»me  them 


eqaately  to 
ed,  for  the 
in  Bresaay 
imation  of 
inging,  the 
country,  to 


oxprow  their  joy  at  our  return,  and  the  town  was  iilu> 
minated  ut  night,  as  if  each  individual  had  a  brother  or 
son  among  us.  On  the  12th  of  October,  being  Sunday, 
the  offioei-H  and  men  of  both  ships  attended  Divine 
service  on  shore,  when  the  worthy  minister,  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Menzies,  who  was  before  well  known  to  many  of  us, 
offered  up,  in  the  most  solemn  and  impressive  manner,  a 
thanksgiving  for  our  safe  return,  at  the  same  thno  calling 
upon  us,  with  great  earnestness,  never  to  forget  what  wo 
owed  to  Him, '  who  had  been  about  our  path  and  about 
our  bed.'  The  peculiarity  of  the  circumstances  under 
whioh  we  joined  the  congregation,  the  warmth  of  feeling 
exhibited  by  every  person  assembled  within  the  sacred 
walls,  together  with  the  affectionate  energy  of  the 
preacher,  combined  to  produce  an  effect,  of  which  words 
can  convey  but  little  idea,  but  which  will  not,  easily,  be 
effaced  from  the  minds  of  those  present  on  this  affeoUng 
occasion." 

The  joy  of  his  return  to  his  native  shores  was,  this 
time,  saddened  by  a  severe  though  not  unexpected 
blow.  The  first  letters,  which,  as  usual,  awaited  him 
at  the  Scottish  ports,  conveyed  the  intelligence  of  the 
death  of  his  father,  whose  health,*  already  mudi  im- 
paired, had,  from  the  time  of  the  departure  of  the  ex- 
pedition, gradually  declined,  until  March  22d,  when  he 
died.  The  news  affected  him  deeply,  but  his  official 
duties  prevented  him  from  at  once  hastening  to  his  be- 
reaved home ;  and  he  posted,  as  before,  in  all  haste  to 
London  to  present  hia  papers  ib  the  Admiralty. '  The 
letters  he  had  received  in  Scotland  also  brought  the 
tidings  of  his  youngest  sister's  marriage.  She  was  then 
living  near  London,  and  saw  him  on  the  day  after  his 
arrival  in  town.    As  might  be  expected  in  one  whoee 


'  *'■%'- 


WiiiyiiiiiiiM 


■wm 


^ , 


mm 


:t' 


IM 


imt^m  ov 


aflbctioa  for  home  ties  wm  always  so  peooliarlj  strong, 
he  was  deeply  depressed  in  spirits,  and  she  observed 
that  he  could  neither  eat  nor  speak.  The  next  day, 
■he  was  siunmoned  in  haste  to  his  hotel,  and  foand  him 
already  in  the  delirium  of  high  fever.  For  some  days 
he  was  in  considerable  danger,  and  his  sister  and 
brother-in-law,  with  his  friend,  Mr.  Martyr,  were  con- 
stantly with  him,  but  his  critical  condition  was  carefully 
kept  from  his  mother's  ear,  until  the  crisis  was  passed. 
Tha  meeting  between  the  widowed  mother  and  her 
beloved  son  was  most  affecting,  as  the  former  lifted  up 
her  heart,  in  solemn  thanksgiving,  to  Him,  who  had 
mercifully  preserved  her  from  fUrther  bereavement 

The  following  letter,  one  of  the  first  he  wrote  after 
his  recovery  from  this  illness,  was  in  reply  to  the  cop- 
gratulations  of  his  friend  Franklin  on  his  own  safe 
return.  The  latter  had  himself  returned  the  year  be- 
fore, from  the  perilous  expedition,  with  Sir  John  fiicb- 
ardson,  to  the  shores  of  the  Polar  Sea,  which  has  made 
their  names  for  ever  memorable  in  the  annals  of  Afotio 
adventure. 

^aUm\ford  Hilly  October  23,  1823. 

"Mt  Dxak  Frankun:  I  can  dnoerely  assure  you, 
that  it  was  with  no  ordbary  feelings  of  griMtification,  that 
I  roa4  your  kind  letter  of  congratulation  on  my  return. 
Of  the  splendid  achievements  of  yourself  and  your  brave 
companions  m  enterprise,  I  can  hardly  trust  myself  to 
speak,  for  I  am  apprehenrivo  of  not  conveying  what,  in- 
deed, can  never  be  conveyed  adequately  in  words,  my 
unbounded  admiration  of  what  yon  have,  under  the  bless- 
ing of  Ood,  been  enabled  to  perform,  and  the  manner  in 
wUoh  yon  have  performed  it.  To  plaoe  you,  in  the  rank 
of  travellers,  above  Park,  and  Hearae,  and  others,  would, 


:> ' 


liarlj  itroDg, 
ihe  observed 
tie  next  day, 
id  found  Mm 
>r  some  days 
8  aister  and 
^r,  were  con- 
was  carefully 
I  was  poflaed. 
hor  and  Ler 
tner  lifted  up 
im,  who  had 
eavemont 
3  wrote  after 
f  to  the  cop- 
iiis  own  stuTe 
the  year  be- 
r  John  Bicb* 
ich  has  made 
als  of  Afotio 

r  23,  1823. 
assure  yon, 
ification,  that 
n  my  return, 
d  your  brave 
tst  myself  to 
'faig  what,  in- 
n  words,  my 
der  the  bless- 
be  manner  in 
I,  in  the  rank 
thors,  would, 


S:B   W.  a.  PABKY. 


153 


in  my  OMtimation,  bo  nothing  in  comparison  of  your 
merits.    But,  in  you  and  your  party,  my  dear  fHetid,  wo 
see  so  sublime  an  instanoe  of  Christian  oonfidonoe  in  the 
Almighty,  of  the  superiority  of  moral  and  religions  onergy 
over  mere  brute  strength  of  body,  that  it  is  impossible  to 
contemplate  your  sufferings,  and  preservation,  without  a 
sensation  of  reverential  awe!    I  have  not  yet  seen  your 
book,  and  have  only  read  the  Qiurteriy  Review.    Your 
letter  was  put  into  my  hand  at  Shetland,  and  I  need  not 
bo  ashamed  to  say,  that  I  cried  over  it  like  a  child.    The 
tears  I  shod,  however,  were  those  of  pride  and  pleosur*  *, 
pride,  at  being  your  fellow-countryman,  brother  officer, 
and  ft-iend ;  pleasure,  in  seeing  the  virtues  of  the  Christ- 
ian adding  their  first  and  highest  charm  to  the  uncon- 
querable perseverance,  and  splendid  talents,  of  the  officer 
and  the  man.    I  have  a  promise  of  your  book  this  day 
from  my  brother-fa-bw,  Mr.  Martineau,  with  whom  (sur- 
rounded  by  all  my  ftmily)  I  am  stayhig  for  a  veek  at 
Stamford  HilL    I  can  not,  at  present,  enter  into  any  •hop 
business— I  mean  geographical  detaih^  bp4  I  long  very 
much  to  see  the  oonnection  between  our  discoveries. 
Ours  are  small,  for  our  success  has  beeu  small  on  this  oo- 
cadon.    Briefly,  (for  the  doctors  msis^upon  it,)  the  north- 
eastern porUon  of  America  consists  of  a  ringular  penm 
sda,  extending  from  Repdse  Bay  hi  66}*  bt.  to  69f  *,  and 
resemblmg  a  bastion  at  the  comer  of  a  fort,  the  gorge  of 
the  bastion  bebg  three  days  of  Equimaux  journey,  across 
from  Repulse  Bay  to  AkkOolee,  one  of  their  settlements 
or  stations  on  the  opposite,  or  Polar  Sea  ride.    This  great 
southern  indentation  oorreqponds,  I  ima^^e,  with^our 
route,  which  led  you  hito  661*,  I  thmk,  m  prooeedmg 
eastward,  but  I  have  really  so  vague  an  idea  of  your  pto- 
oeedhiga,  geographicaUy,  that  I  can,  at  present,  say  very 
little  to  gratify  ouriottty  oonoerning  the  oonneoUcu  of  our 
1*  '  -'.'      ■■  '' 


mxmUt^ 


mm 


yijii,HW|ii.i.  ,'im^i 


18i 


MmoiM  or 


diwwrerioi.    I  ■hall  h«To  Tolnmea  to  any,  or  writo,  to 
you  hereafter,  but  do  not  b«  aUrmed  at  the  ■up|KMitiun 
of  my  expecting  Tolnmet  from  you  in  return. 
**I  shall  only  add  that  I  am,  my  dear  Franklin, 
**Your  ever  fldthftil,  and  moit    sincerely  admiring 
friend, 

"W.  E.  P4B8T." 

He  bad  now  attained  the  rank  of  Post  Oaptain,  bav« 
ing  been  promoted  during  bis  absence,  as  soon  as  the 
twelve  months  of  service  as  Commander  had  expired. 
The  result  of  the  late  expedition,  though  unsuccessful 
08  to  its  ultimate  object,  hod  at  least  shown  what  route 
was  to  be  avoided,  in  the  aeoroh,  for  a  practicable  pas* 
sage  to  the  westward ;  while  to  give  up  the  matter,  at 
that  stage,  would  have  been,  in  Parry's  opinion,  to  lose 
all  the  benefit  of  the  experience  alrandj  gained  at  the 
cost  of  so  much  toil,  and  of  which  other  nations  might 
pdsibly  take  advantage,  to  snatch  from  England 
the  glory  of  the  great  discovery. .  It  was,  therefore, 
soon  generally  understood   that  a  third  expedition 
would  be  sent  out,  of  which  Parry  would  again  take 
the  command.    Upon  his  recovery  from  his  illness. 
Lord  Melville  offerered  to  him  the  situation  of  Hydro- 
grapher  to  the  Admiralty.    He  was,  at  first.  Unwilling 
to  accept  an  office  which  would  shut  him  out  from  ac- 
tive service,  whether  in  the  Arctic  seas,  or  elsewhei*^ 
but  this  difficulty  was  soon  obviated. 

**Zomfon,  yov.  20,  1823. 
*'  Lord  Melville  has  said  and  done  so  handsomely  about 
the  Hydrographer's  situation,  insisting  on  keeping  it 
open  for  me,  even  daring  an  expedition,  that  I  have, 


I- 


HIK   W.  K.  PAHUT. 


153 


y,  or  writo,  to 

the  ■uppoitition 

urn. 

'ranklin, 

oreljr  admiring 

.  E.  P4RRT." 

i  Oaptain,  hav- 
u  soon  as  tbo 
'  had  expired, 
h  uoBucccasfUl 
wn  what  route 
raotioable  pas- 
the  matter,  at 
•pinion,  to  lose 
gained  at  the 
nations  might 
irom  England 
ras,  therefore, 
rd  expedition 
Id  again  take 
m  his  illness, 
ion  of  Hjrdro- 
irst.  Unwilling 
I  out  from  ao* 
or  elsewhere^ 


literally  per  foroo,  aoooptou  It,  and  •hall  bo  appointed 
probably  thia  day.  How  I  ihall  got  through  the  work, 
and  another  equipment,  and  my  book,  I  know  not ;  bnt 
of  this  I  roust  make  the  host  I  can,  having,  in  fact,  no 
choice.  It  will,  in  short,  bo  a/aff,  but,  of  course,  highly 
flattering  for  the  present,  and  bonoficinl  for  the  fliture. 
Another  expedition  is  not  quite  determined  on,  but  will 
be  soon,  I  have  little  doubt." 

This  was  written  in  November;  and,  before  the 
end  of  the  year,  the  "  Ilocla"  ond  "  Fury"  were  agaiu 
selected  to  renew  the  search  for  the  North-West 
Tassago,  and  Parry  was  once  more  in  his  old  place, 
and  at  his  old  occupation,  fitting  out  his  ships  in  T)ep^ 
ford  Dockyard. 


w,  20,  1823. 

cUomely  about 
m  keeping  it 
I  that  I  have, 


mmmtum 


•vmii^fwm' 


i\ 


\ 


ilPPfi^HpPflW^ 


156 


MUdorwi  ov 


CHAPTER  Vn. 


i: 


Third  ud  Lm*  VojriHp)  (br  Ui»  DiM»r»r]r  of  «  North- W«K  Pmm«»— 
Winter  at  Fort  Bowen— Maaqiionulo— Ixim  of  tiw  "  Vury"— ."  Ilaob" 
rtluma  llom*— Davelopmcut  of  Itillgloua  ChorMtor. 

1824—1820. 

A  rcw  days  before  Parry  roeeivcd  liia  oommission 
for  the  expedition  now  to  be  recorded,  he  was  honored 
with  the  freedom  of  the  city  of  Winoheiter.  In 
acknowledging  the  oomplunenta  contained  in  the  rpeodix 
of  the  Mayor,  he  spoke  as  follows : 

,  ^  **The  merits  which  you  have  kindly  attributed  to  mo, 
are  auoh  only  as,  I  trust,  woidd  have  been  found  in  every 
British  leaman,  and  every  Christian  commander,  under 
aimiUur  dreumftanoos.  It  has,  indeed,  been  my  fortune, 
itwder  Providence,  to  meet  with  iome  success  in  my  en- 
deavors. To  the  sealous  oottperatlon  of  my  brother 
officers,  and  the  exemplary  conduct  of  the  fidthflil  men 
intrusted  to  my  charge,  it  has  (imder  the  same  superin- 
tending  care)  boon  owing,  that  even  our  comparative 
failures  have  not,  perhaps,  been  altogether  without 
benefit  to  our  country.  By  these,  any  fhture  attempt 
may,  in  some  measure,  be  directed,  and  the  attainment 
of  the  desired  object,  to  a  certab  extent,  rendere<1  more 


-!k- 


;■^M*;  r 


■ilMM[.tcmn  -tMititMLi. .  nwrw 


•IB  w.  B.  PAnnY. 


Ml 


b-Wfflt 
"Fury"— "II«qk" 


iU  oommianon 
e  was  honored 
nobeitcr.  In 
1  in  the  qwooh 


ributad  to  mo, 
found  in  every 
nuutder,  under 
m  mjr  fortune, 
oeu  in  my  en- 
}f  my  brother 
B  fidthflil  m<>n 
same  luperin- 
ir  oomparative 
«<her  without 
Ihtnre  attempt 
the  attaiament 
rendere<1  more 


cMy.  Should  any  call  be  made  on  our  ftituro  oxortlon*, 
the  liberal  and  friendly,  nay,  affectionate  reception  wo 
have  expt'rienoed  at  home  can  not  flill  to  enoour«K«  «"  '«> 
our  labora." 

As  •oon  OS  it  wai  aottlcd  thot  another  expedition 
Hhould  bo  aont  out,  the  next  point  to  be  determined 
WOH,  in  what   particular  direction   tho  now  attempt 
should  bo  made.     Frankliu'a  recent  poriloua  journey 
to  tho  mouth  of  tho  Oopprrairio  River  had  eatabliahcd, 
boyond  a  doubt,  the  position  of  the  northern  ooaat  of 
Araorico,  and  along  this  coast  it  was  rtill  Parry's  opin« 
ion  that  the  pasMge  must  bo  sought,  in  preference  to 
tho  higher  latitude  of  Melville  Ltlund.    But  the  ques- 
tion  was  now  raised  by  some  at  home,  whether,  con- 
sidering the  difflcolties  experienced  in  tho  late  voyages, 
it  would  not  be  wiser  to  reverse  the  mode  of  operations, 
by  seeking  to  enter  the  Polar  Sea  from  tho  west 
through  Behring's  Straits,  rather  than  firom  its  eastern 
entrances,  as  heretofore.    Of  this  proposition  Parry,  at 
onoe,  signified  his  unqualified  disapproval,  and  con- 
cluded a  letter  on  the  subject  to  Lord  Melville  with 
these  wotda:  "  The  information  lately  obtained  makes 
it  lesa  advisable  than  ever  for  England  to  nwdce  the 
attempt  from  any  but  the  Atlantic  side ;  beoause  it  is 
obvious,  that  any  diffloultiea  of  a  more  than  ordinary 
nature  should  bo  encountered  at  first,  while  the  ro- 
■ouioes  are  complete,  the  •hips  uninjured,  and  the 
energy  of  the  crews  wholly  unimpaired."    This  discided 
opinion,  coupled  with  Ws  own  experience  of  the  hope- 
lew  banier  of  ioe  near  Melville  Island,  and  in  the 
Strait  of  the  "  Heola'  and  ♦♦  Fury,''  reduced  the  que*- 
tion  to  rvj  nairow  limits.    The  <ki1j  other  known 


mm 


mmmm^mmwfmmf^ 


188 


MmUlM  09 


opening  which  renuined,  wm  that  of  Prince  Ri^gnnt't 
Inlet,  viMited  hy  hinuolf  in  his  flrnt  voyage,      h  [» 
true  that  the  ico  ti)  the  ■outhward  had  then  proiinnted 
on  unpromiaing  appearauoe ;    but  the  channel  was 
wide,  and  the  welMcnown  rapidity  with  which,  under 
ordinary  circumstanoos,  ohang(»  in  the  state  of  the  ico 
occur,  even  from  day  tt)  day,  during  the  Bummer,  mode 
it  not  unlikely  that  it  would  be  found  more  Ihvorablo 
on  a  sesond  visit    ThcMs  riews  ho  strongly  ui^  on 
•the  Admiralty,  and,  as  might  be  suppoMxl,  his  advice 
was  Avorably  leoeived,  and  formed,  as  before,  the  basm 
of  his  instraotions  for  the  coming  voyage.    "  The  oon- 
fldenoe,"  such  wore  their  woids,  "which  we  are  justi- 
fied in  placing  in  your  Judgment  and  experienoo,  de- 
termine  us  to  authorise  and  direct  you  to  pursue  tho 
oouFM  which  you  consider  most  promising,  namelv 
Ihrcrogh  Prince  Regent's  Inlet" 

Tlie  success  which  had  attended  the  entertainment 
on  board  the  "Fury"  in  1821  emboldennd  Party  to 
wpeat  the  attempt  now,  on  a  larger  scale  than  befor«. 
This  tome,  both  ships  were  gayly  dreMed  out,  and  the 
prooeedings  varied  by  a  concert  on  board  the  "  Hecla." 
Several  of  the  best  performers  had  volunteered  their 
servioe^  and  seemed,  to  the^r  delighted  heirarj,  as 
though  really  inspired  fbr  the  occasion  beyond  their 
osoal  powers  of  pleasing.    As  the  twilight  olosod  in,  a 
novel  and  brilliant  effeoi  was  produced  by  colored 
lamps  hung  amongst  the  rigging,  and  along  the  bul- 
warks  of  the  veaselai    "  It  oertamly  was,"  writes  Cap- 
tain  Parry's  sister,  "  a  bsantifid  sight,  and,  under  other 
oiwumstanoen  we  should  have  thomughly  ei^oyed  it" 


m^m 


w»iiiw  tM,aatm<w 


■IB  W.  ■.  fAMMV. 


tm 


rinoe  Ri^gnnt'* 
ojrage.      It  !« 
lien  prmnnted 
otiannel  wom 
which,  under 
tato  of  the  ico 
umincr,  nuuio 
ore  ikvomble 
gly  urged  on 
id,  hia  »dvi<'o 
foro,  the  boaui 
"  The  oon- 
re  are  juati- 
:perionoa,  de* 
9  puraoe  tho 
ing,  namely, 

Dtertainmont 
i'^  Parry  to 
than  before), 
out,  and  the 
he  "  Heola." 
itoerod  their 
heirord,  as 
eyond  their 
doiod  in,  a 
by  colored 
»ng  the  bul< 
writei  Oap< 
under  other 
eigoyed  it" 


The  ibi)«  lailed  ttcm  the  Nore  ou  the  19th  of  May, 
1824,  and  in  ten  dayi  were  off  the  Orkneyii,  whence  \i» 
thus  writoe  to  hia  mother. 

**  'JOMa,*  <\flA4  Orkntyt,  May  80. 
"  Mt  DiABwr  Moniaa :  Iloing,  by  •  very  ourloua 
oolDoidsnoo,  off  the  Orkney  Wanda,  on  tho  «uii«  ilay  thot 
we  took  our  departure  from  thorn  throe  yean  agu,  on 
opportunity  offora  of  aondlng  o  few  llnoa  on  iihore,  Mid  of 
thia  I  gladly  tako  advantage,  though  I  have  only  to  wy, 
thai  wc  are  aU  well,  conilbrtablo,  and  happy,  and  about 
to  begin  our  voyage  aciosa  the  Atlantic  with  a  Mr  bro««o 
and  moat  charming  weather.  Wo  aliall  eot  put  in  hero 
if!  can  help  it,  and  the  preaent  wind  la  au  (kvorablo,  that 
there  wiU  probably  be  no  oooaMon  for  it.  Every  thUig  ia 
aa  complete  aa  poaaibla,  and  I  do  not  know  a  thing  that 
we  want.  My  own  health  la  perfectly  good,  and  I  am 
Bure,  my  deareat  mother,  that  even  you,  with  all  your 
anxiety  and  affectionate  aolioitnda  for  mo,  would,  If  yon 
ooold  aee  me,  acknowledge  that  I  am,  in  every  reapect, 
aa  oomfortable  aa  your  heart  could  wiah.  I  have  only 
time  to  add  my  deareal  love  to  all  that  are  dear  *">  mo, 
from,  my  beloved  mother, 

M  Your  fondly  affectionate  ion, 
J  "W.  E.PAn«T.« 

He  took  the  lame  opportunity  of  writiri{  a  few  laat 
woida  to  hia  friend  Franklin,  who  w-a  already  modi- " 
tating  a  aeoond  journey  to  the  acene  uf  hia  former  au^ 
feringi  on  the  north  ooaat  of  Amorloa. 

**0od  bleaa  yon,**  he  oonolndea,  "  my  dear  firiend  in  afl 
your  noUe  nndertaUnga!  May  He  be  yonr  guide  and 
aapport  fai  every  difficulty  and  danger,  and  bring  you 


tB«.'mi.»iii 


■Miiwujiimiilii 


I 


HissaMynr  wMmmi— 


:;■ 


aiXMOIBS  ovt» 


*;'*■■ 


back  b  health,  with  renewed  honors,  to  the  nameroni 
friends,  to  whom  you  are  Justly  dear.*'         :    i .-    , . ,   »« 


On  the  18th  of  June  they  fell  in  with  the  firat  ioe  in 
Davia'  Strait,  and,  about  this  time,  an  incident  occur- 
red, strongly  illuatrative  of  hiB  great  natural  coolness 
in  the  hour  of  danger.    It  was  Sunday  forenoon,  and, 
with  the  exosption  of  a  small  watch  on  deck,  the  ship's 
company  wex-e  mustered  below  for  divine  service,  at 
•which,  in  the  absence  of  a  chaplam,  he  officiated  him- 
salf.    He  had  flniahod  the  morning  service,  and  had 
nearly  reached  the  conclusion  of  the  sermon,  when  the 
quartermaster  came  hastily  down  the  hatchway,  and 
whispered  a  few  hurried  words  in  his  ear.    Parry, 
without  exhibiting  any  signs  of  emotion,  asked  some 
questions  in  a  low  tone,  and  bade  him  return  to  his 
post    He  then  reiipened  his  book,  and  continued  his 
sermon  as  though  nothing  had  ooouned,  concluding 
with  the  blessing.    Then  miaing  his  hand,  he  said: 
"  Now,  my  lad%  all  hands  on  deck— but  mind,  no  bua- 
tie  r    On  reaching  the  deok,  it  was  found  that  a  mist, 
which  had  been  hanging  over  them  all  the  morning, 
had  Jifted,  showing  the  land  right  ahead,  and  now  only 
a  short  distance  off    Parry,  whose  apparent  indifEbr- 
ence  had  only  resulted  from  his  peiBilasion  that,  accord- 
ing p>  the  quartermaster's  report,  no  immediate  dan- 
ger was  to  be  apprehended,  now  took  up  his  usual  post, 
and  promptly  issuing  the  needAil  orders,  the  ship's 
course  was  altered,  and  the  danger  avoided.    "We 
knew  we  could  always  trust  himl"  are  the  emphatic 
words  of  one  of  his  own  seamen,  present  on  the  ooca- 
mon;  and  those  who  know  what  seamen  are,  \fill 


%'i\ 


)  the  nuoMroiu 

r  i;  ,  \  :,-    ■;■ :    '.fit 

the  first  ioe  in 
iDoident  occur- 
atural  coolness 
forenoon,  and, 
leok,  the  ship's 
'ine  service,  at 
officiated  him- 
rvice,  and  had 
mon,  when  the 
batohwaj,  and 
i  ear.    Parry, 
n,  asked  some 
n  return  to  his 
continued  his 
Bd,  concluding 
taod,  he  said : 
mind,  nubua- 
idthatamiiA, 
the  morning, 
and  no  V  only 
arent  indi£fer- 
n  that,  accord- 
^mediate  dan- 
his  luoal  poet, 
irs,  the  dkip'a 
oided.    "We 
the  emphatic 
i  on  the  ooca- 
acn  are,  \7ill 


■IB  IV.  X.  PABBT. 

scarcely  wonder  that  Tolunteers  were  never  wanting 
for  any  service  in  which  he  was  engaged.  His  exam- 
ple was  no  less  conspicuous,  in  the  contempt  of  £itigue 
and  the  power  of  endurance.  "  I  have  known  him," 
says  the  same  seaman,  who  acted  as  his  steward,  "  pass 
hour  after  hour  on  the  '  spike-plank '  without  going 
below,  in  all  weathers,  often,  for  hours  together,  tak- 
ing no  refreshment  of  any  kind,  but  a  glass  of  lemonade 
with  one  teaspoonM  of  rum  in  it  I  was  often  very 
nearly  doubling  the  allowance,  but,  thinks  I,  he  is  sure  * 
to  find  me  out,  he's  so  sharp,  and  then  he'll  never  trust 
me  again,  which  I  couldn't  bear  I" 

The  unusual  severity  of  the  season  retarded  the 
shii»  beyond  all  expectation.  The  difficulties  of  the 
icy  barrier,  through  wtiich  they  had,  on  a  former  occa- 
sion, pushed  their  way  across  Baffin's  Bay^  were  now 
increased  ten-fold,  and,  more  than  once,  they  were  in 
fear  that  the  winter  would  overtake  them,  before  they 
had  evenjMSsed  the  entrance  of  Lancaster  Sound.  It 
would  be  needless,  after  the  accounts  of  the  former 
voyages,  to  enter  into  a  detail  of  the  vexatious  trials  of 
patience,  to  which,  for  more  than  two  months,  they 
were  thna  subjected.  At  length,  however,  these  exer- 
tions met  with  their  deserved  reward ;  they  entered 
Lancaster  Sound,  and^  on  the  27th  September,  had 
fidrly  roxmded  the  norUi-east  comer  of  Prince  Brent's 
inlet  Had  they  been  fortunate  enough  to  reach  this 
point  a  &w  weeks  earlier,  as  might  reasonably  bave 
been  hoped,  they  would,  in  all  probability,  have  been 
able  to  have  pushed  through  the  ice  to  the  southward 
of  the  inlet,  and,  perhaps,  have  wintered  on  some  paii 
of  the  American  ooasi;  but  the  season  for  navigation 


iigl!ffiit-iiiiaafeaia,w,yi'm"'^ 


MMMiiiiii 


/ 


"mm^tilt 


16S 


■?--,f;- 


or 


b«ng  nowalmort  at  an  end,  Pany  determined  to  win- 

«L  nf  r  ^rV  ,«?^°i«»»  harbor  on  the  east 
ooart  of  the  inlel^  which  he  had  himself  diaoovered  in 

This  was  the  fourth  winter  which  it  had  been  the  lot 
of  our  voyagers  to  pass  in  Arotic  regions,  and  was.  in 
acme  respects,  even  more  dreary  than  those  of  fomer 
years.    At  Melville  Island  all  was  new,  and  the  spiHta 
of  all  en^ed  were  buoyed  up  by  the  hopes  which  the 
success  of  the  voyage  so  &r  had  inspired;  while  at 
Wmter  Island  and  Igloolik,  the  presence  of  the  Esqui- 
maux  afforded  sufficient  interest  and  amusement  topre- 
vent  the  time  from  hanging  heavy  on  their  hands.  At 
I'ort  Bowen  there  was  a  total  absence  of  all  human 
Meatares,  save  themselves,  indded,  almost  a  total  ab- 
8«Joe  of  Mumal  bfe,  while  at  the  same  time  they  were 

(pi^''j:^z'^\'^.^  ^^j*'  p^*  '"""^  "8i<»»"  • 

to  IZr^  •  T  ^J^r^)  "  '^  »°  longer  be  ex^otsd 
^ord  the  mterest  of  novelty  it  once  poMessed,  more 
^cbBym .station  already  delineatedS^Ttderable 
geogmphioal  precision  on  our  maps,  «,d  thus,  as  it  wen! 

'ndeejof  this  oiroumstance.it  is  hard  to  oonoeiTe  any 
the  higher  latituues  of  the  polar  regions,  exo^^    , 

other  branch  of  »the  great  fiimay  of  man.»  Winter  after 
^tor  here  Msome,  an  a-p«,t «,  much  aUke,  that  cur- 

Tli^r'T  "^  "^T'^  ^ingt^  a  single  feature 
of  vanety.    The  wmter  of  more  tempente  climates,  and 


' 


SIB  W.  a.  FABBT. 


16S 


termined  to  win- 
rbor  on  the  eaat 
slf  diaoovered  in 

had  been  the  lot 
ons,  and  was,  in 
thoee  of  fonner 
',  and  the  spirits 
bpes  which  the 
pired;  while  at 
oe  of  the  Eaqui- 
lusementtopre- 
heir  hands.  At 
!0  of  all  human 
lost  a  total  ab- 
time  they  were 
>aBaed  even  the 

these  regions" 
Ser  be  expeotsd 
possessed,  more 
with  tolerable 
has,  as  it  were, 
Hidependently, 
10  ooneeiye  any 
liters  passed  In 
I,  except  vrhai 
one  with  s(Hne 
Winter  after 
slike,  thit  cur- 
k  ^le  feature 
9  climates,  and 


oven  m  some  of  no  slight  severity,  is  oeoadonally  diversi- 
fied by  a  thaw,  which  at  once  gives  variety  and  compa- 
rative cheerfulness  to  the  prospect.  But  here,  when  once 
the  earth  is  covered,  all  is  dreary,  monotonous  whiteness, 
not  merely  for  days  and  weeks,  but  for  more  than  half  a 
year  together.  Whichever  way  the  eye  is  turned,  it 
meets  a  picture,  calculated  to  impress  upon  the  mind  an 
idea  of  inanimate  stillness,  of  that  motionless  torpor,  with 
which  our  feelings  have  nothing  congenial ;  of  any  thing, 
in  short,  but  life.  In  tLa  very  sileoco  there  is  a  deadness, 
with  which  a  human  witness  appears  out  of  keeping.  The 
presence  of  man  seems  an  intrusion  on  the  drbary  solitude 
of  this  wintry  desert,  which  even  its  native  animals  have, 
for  a  while,  forsaken.*^ 

The  schools  were  now  agiun  set  on  foot,  under  the 
superintendenoeof  Mr.  Hooper,  purser  of  the  "Heola," 
and  it  was  pleasant  to  find  that  the  benefit  was  not  con 
fined  to  the  score  or  so  of  individuals,  whose  want  of 
scholarship  brought  them  to  the  school  tables  on  the 
"Heola's"  lower  deck  in  the  long  evenings,  but  ex- 
tended itself  to  all  the  ship's  company,  "malcing  the 
whole,"  writes  Pany,  "  suoh  a  scene  of  quiet  rational 
occupation  as  I  never  before  witnessed  on  board  a 
ship." 

"I  do  not  speak  lightly,**  he  oontinnoi,  "when  I  ex- 
press my  thorough  persnaaon,  that,  to  the  moral  effects 
thiA  produced  on  the  minds  of  the  men,  were  owing,  in 
a  very  high  degree,  the  constant  yet  sober  oheerfhlness, 
the  nnintempted  good  order,  and  even,  in  some  measure, 
the  extraordinary  state  of  heaUh,  which  prevailed  among 
us  daring  the  wintw^.*^ 


.^,MwyrtMiiiMiifei>iiiiiw;^^^^ 


104 


MmtOtM  09 


J?:' 


ffi'.K 


Of  ooe  of  the  Sunday  evening  gohook  Mr.  Hooper 
writeii  in  his  journal : 

*'I  have  been,  this  evonbg,  gratified  beyond  meaaure 
by  the  condaot  of  my  Bohool.  We  aaiombled  as  usual, 
and  Captain  Parry  read  to  ns  an  excellent  sermon.  Wo 
then  read  over  three  or  four  times  the  second  lesson  for 
the  day,  and  I  expounded  it  to  the  best  of  my  ability. 
After  this,  we  went  to  prayers,  and,  having  closed,  I 
wished  them  good  night  as  usual,  when  my  ftiend  John 
Darke  (one  of  the  *  Heola*s  seamen)  said  he  wished  to  say 
a  few  vrordi.  He  then  returned  to  his  knees,  and,  in  a 
few  simple  but  affecting  words,  returned  thanks  for  the 
blessing  enjoyed  by  himself  and  shipmates  b  a  Christian 
oaptam,  and  a  Christian  teaoher,^mploring  the  blessing 
of  God  k  behalf  of  both  Captain  Parry  and  myself.  After 
this,  he  desired,  for  liimself  and  sliip-matos,  to  thauk  me 
for  the  trouble  I  had  taken,  and  the  countenance  of  every 
one  spoke  the  same  thing,  and  showed  that  they  bad  de- 
puted lilm  to  do  this." 

The  offloers  and  men  of  the  present  expedition  hav* 
ing  almost  all  served  on  the  former  voyages,  it  was 
thought  expedient  to  devise  eome  novelty  in  the  way 
of  amusementB,  which  all  acknowledged  were  "by  thia 
time  almost  worn  threadbare."  They  set  their  wits  to 
work,  and,  at  length,  Captain  Hoppner  of  the  "Fury" 
prbpoeed  a  general  maaqnerade.  The  .n<^on  waa  at 
once  eagerhr  caught  up  and  acted  upon,  with  the  ut- 
most zeal,  by  all  particB.  None  were  more  delighted 
than  Parry  himself. 

"  It  is  impossible »»  (he  writes)  "  that  any  idea  oould 
have  proved  more  happy,  or  mora  exactly  muted  to  our 


i»'^w(UH-y<j*«»'a>.%(to.>.*-»«»jU«w..  Ai  ■>  '*MiiSwyiiiaii<liaiMi'<lr  kJA 


oil  Mr.  Hooper 


beyond  meaaure 
imbled  Miuual, 
It  (Mrmon.  Wo 
Boond  leason  for 
It  of  my  ability, 
laying  dosed,  I 
my  fliend  John 
le  wished  to  siy 
knees,  and,  in  a 
thanks  for  the 
m  m  a  Christian 
ng  the  blessing 
d  myself.  After 
08,  to  thank  me 
enance  of  every 
at  they  bad  de- 

xpeditioQ  bar-' 
royages,  it  was 
ilty  in  the  way 
were  "by  this 
>t  their  wits  to 
of  the  "Fury" 
.notion  waa  at 
D,  with  the  at- 
nore  delighted 


•ny  idea  ooold 
jr  mited  to  onr 


BIB  W.  X.  PABBT. 


165 


situntion.  Admirably  dressed  oharactors  of  various  de- 
scriptions readily  took  their  part,  and  many  of  tliese  wero 
supported  with  a  degree  of  spirit  and  genuine  humor, 
which  would  have  not  disgraced  a  more  refined  assembly, 
while  the  latter  might  not  have  disdained,  and  would  not 
have  been  disgraced,  by  copying  the  good  order,  deco- 
rum,  and  inoffensive  cheeriUIneis,  which  our  humble  mas- 
lueradea  presented.*' 

When  the  proposal  waa  communicated  to  the  ships' 
companies,  they  heartily  responded  to  the  call,  and,  in 
their  own  phraseology,  "  passed  the  word  forward  to 
prepare  for  action."    The  preparation  of  the  diflferent 
characters  was,  in  itself,  a  fuml  of  amusement,  occupy- 
ing several  days.    '•  Well,  Jack,"  one  would  say,  "  I've 
put  my  considering  cap  on,  and  I  think  as  how  I've 
rummaged  up  summut  queer  I"  and  nondescript  enough 
was  the  usual  result  of  these  cogitations  I    Before  the 
first  entertainment,  which  was  to  be  held  on  board  the 
"Fury,"  the  chief  topic  among  the  men  was,  as  to  what 
•  part  "  the  captain  "  would  take.    They  knew  him  well 
enough  to  expect  something  worth  seeing,  and,  at  the 
some  time,  to  be  sure  that  they  should  feel  at  ease 
in  his  presence.    Conjectures  grew  more  rife  as  the 
festive  day  approached.    He  was  welt  scanned  by  many 
curious  eyes,  as  he  emerged  firom  his  cabin  and  went 
down  the  ship's  ude,  but  he  was  well  wrapped  up  in  a 
laige  boatKdoak,  and  all  that  could  be  seen  was  his  vio- 
lin, which  he  held  under  his  arm ;  so  curiosity  had  to 
wait  till  all  arrived  at  the  masquerade  hall,  on  the 
"  Fury's"  lower  deck.    And  now  the  tan  commenced 
in  good  earnest;  the  captain  himself  for  some  time  at 
least,  attracting  the  attenti(m  of  all  Thodoak  had  been 


JMISHi 


MUUKIMW>>! 


!!<M« 


166 


MmoiM  or 


thrown  aside,  and  there  stood  the  foosimile  of  an  old 
nuuine  with  a  wooden  leg,  well  known  to  all,  who 
used  to  Bit  with  a  fiddle,  begging  for  halfpence,  on  a 
roadnearOhatham.  The  part  was  admirably  sustained. 
Give  a  copper  to  poor  Joe,  your  honor,  who's  lost  bis 
timbers  m  defense  of  his  king  a^^d  country  I"  and  then 
would  come  a  scrape  on  the  fiddle,  and  a  stave  dolo- 
muy  drawled  in  a  cracked  voice.    The  appeal  was  not 
m  vain,  and  the  coppers  fell  fust  into  his  hat    In  an- 
oljer  part  of  the  deck  stood  a  neat  public  house  bar,  at 
which  a  steady  seamen  acted  as  John  Barleyoom,  and 
supplied  liquor  in  moderation  to  those  who  presented 
tlcke^  with  which  they  had  been  provided  for  the  pur- 
pose.    Mine  host  had  a  ready  tongue,  and  it  may  bo 

S??**^*''^"'  """  °°  ^^  °*"  CMtomere  at  the  sign 
of  Je  "Fury,  No.  1,  Aretic  Street"  The  affair  ended 
with  a  dMioe,  in  which  the  whole  of  the  motley  assem- 
Wage  joined  with  right  good  wUl;  Turks,  sweeps, 
Qu^  and  old  clothes  men,  footing  it  as  merrSy 
as  though  the  scene  of  the  festival  were  Portsmouth 
instead  of  Port  Bowen:  and  presentmg  a  strange  con- 
trast  to  the  dreary  waste  without,  where  «n  Arotio 
winter  still  held  undisputed  reign  over  the  desolate 
shoreandfrozenwasteof  waters.  At  length,  four  bells 
(ten  0  clock)  IS  Btruok,  the  boatswain's  chirp  is  heaid 

above  the  din,  "  Away  there,  Hedas  r  and,  in  another 
hour,  not  a  sound  is  heard  on  board  either  ship  to 

break  the  stOlness  of  the  long  polar  night  Nextday. 
the  votes  were  taken,  and  it  soon  appeared  that,  from 
the  oaptam's  cabin  to  the  forecasUe,  there  was  but  oq« 
opuu^,  Mmdy  that  "this  time^  at  leart,  Ike  right n^ 
hadbeenhiton  the  head,  and  no  mistake  I"    D«^ 


If 


*— gA»riir  *»«»<'>.j.>WMdijiMi».  tutm^t 


>:<*-iait:)-i  «uit  t^iw^dEitt*.*, 


Wpipfin 


•IB  W.  X.  PAJOLT, 


187 


imile  of  an  old 
wn  to  all,  who 
lalfpenoe,  on  a 
•ably  Bustained. 
;  who's  lost  bis 
try  I"  and  then 
d  a  stave  dolo- 
dppeal  waH  not 
s  hat.    In  an- 
0  house  bar,  at 
arleyoom,  and 
who  presented 
ad  for  the  pur- 
uid  it  may  bo 
rs  at  the  sign 
le  affair  ended 
motley  assom- 
urks,  sweeps, 
it  as  merrily 
e  Portsmouth 
i  strange  con* 
re  m  Arctic 

the  desolate 
Sth,  four  bells 
hirp  is  heard 
id,  in  another 
ither  ship  to 
.  Next  day, 
edthat,  from 

was  but  mif ,, 
the  right  nailr 


these  entertainments,  which  took  place  regularly  at 
Htatod  intervals,  aHematoly  on  board  both  ships,  not  a 
fliuglo  instance  occurred  of  any  thing  that  could  inter- 
fere with  the  regular  discipline,  or  at  all  weaken  the 
respect  of  the  men  towards  their  superiors.  "  Ours,  in 
fact,"  Parry  observes,  "were  masquerades  without  li- 
centiousness, carnivals  without  excess  1" 

During  the  long  winter  months  of  imprisonment,  the 
officers  of  both  ships  found  ample  employment  in  the 
Boientiflo  observations,  which  their  vicinity  to  the  mag- 
netic pole  rendered  particularly  Important  The 
observatory  had  been  erected  on  shore,  as  soon  as  the 
ships  were  secured  in  their  winter  quarters,  and  the 
intorcst  in  these  occupations  was  so  great,  that  its 
neighborhood,  before  long,  presented  the  appearance 
of  a  small  village,  from  the  number  of  houses  set  up 
for  the  reception  of  magnetic  needles.  The  interesting 
&ct  was  discovered  that,  since  their  last  visit  in  1810, 
the  variation  had  increased  by  as  much  as  nine  degrees, 
that  is,  from  114**  to  128^.  Olose  attention  was  also  paid 
as  usual  to  the  various  meteorological  phenomena,  and 
it  was  remarked  that  falling  stars  were  very  frequent, 
especially  in  the  month  of  December.  Tlie  Aurora 
Boiealis,  though  frequently  seen,  was  not  often  very 
brilliant ;  and,  as  on  previous  voyages,  the  needles  were 
never  affected  in  the  slightest  degree  during  its  contin- 
uance. 

"Onoe,**  (Parry  writes,)  **  while  Lientenmts  Sh«rer 

and  Ross,  and  myself  were  admiring  the  extreme  beauty 

:  of  this  phenomenon,  we  all,  rimaltaneously,  uttered  an 

exofauaation  of  sarpriso,  at  seeing  a  bright  ray  of  the 

Aiuom  shoot  saddenly  downward  from  the  general  mass 


II LU  luiiLJiiuuswBWBaaaiM  iwiii'm— ■ 


let 


Mmouu  or 


of  light,  betwo«n  nt  ud  the  land,  which  wu  dUtant  only 
thm  hundred  yard..  Had  I  witne«iJd  the  phenomenon 
by  myaeli;  I  should  have  been  dispoMd  to  receive  with 
caution  the  evidence,  even  of  my  own  Mnwa,  a.  to  thi« 
i«t  act;  but  the  appearance  conveying  preciMly  the 
■ame  idea  to  three  perMna  at  once,  aU  hitently  engaged 
in  lookfaig  toward,  the  spot,  I  have  no  doubt  the  roy  of 
light  actually  poawd  within  that  dittance  of  ua." 

The  extreme  fiicility  with  which  aounda  are  heard  at 
•  great  distance  in  cold  weather  has  ofton  been  re- 
marked,  and  a  well-authenticated  instance  of  this 
occurred  during  the  winter  at  Por^  Bowen.  Lieut. 
Foster,  of  the  "Hecla,"  had  occasion  to  send  a  man 
from  the  observatory  to  the  opposite  shore  of  the  har- 
bor, a  distraoe  of  6696  feet,  or  about  one  mUe  and  a 
fifth,,  m  order  to  fix  a  meridian  mark,  and  placed  a 
•Bcond  penon  half-way  between  to  repeat  his  directions. 
This  he  found  on  trial  to  be  quite  unnecessary,  as  he 
could  easily  oonvene  with  the  man  at  the  distant  sta- 
toon.  The  t3iermometer  at  the  time  was  eighteen 
degrees  below  wmo,  and  the  weather  oalm  and  clear 

On  the  20th  July,  the  ships  were  released  ftom  their  • 
winter  quarters,  and  stood  across  to  the  west  shore  of 
Phnoe  Begent'a  Inlet,  along  which  they  now  coasted  to 
thesouthward.    Thia  land  had  been  named  by  Parry 
in  ^  former  voyage,  North  Somenet,  in  honor  of  hi^  . 
native  oountiy,  but  the  "Hephi"  and  "Oriper"  had 
not  on  that  oooasion  explored  it,  having  kept  to  the 
east  shore  of  the  inlet 

"Hence,"  (he  writes,)  "it  was  the  general  feellug'irt 
thta  period,  that  the  voyage  had  but  now  commenced. 


fa»^*w<w%«w»*w.tiiwi»^ii»wiivww»ui|.iUii«ai*ilMiiAui'aw»ii^ 


rtiJltffi'iiinmiiHii 


fs^f" 


ua  w.  a  rABBT. 


1«» 


iWM  distant  only 
tho  phenomenon 
I  to  rooeive  with 
MnaM,  aa  to  thin 
ing  preoiaoly  tho 
intently  engaged 
doubt  the  ray  of 
0  of  M.'» 

ada  are  heard  at 
ofton  been  re- 
istanoe  of  this 
Bowen.  Lieut, 
to  send  a  man 
lore  of  the  bar- 
one  mile  and  a 
c,  and  placed  a 
It  his  directions, 
leoeasaiy,  as  he 
the  distant  sta- 

>  was  eighteen 
tm  and  dear, 
ased  from  their 

>  west  shore  of 
now  coasted  to 
imed  by  Parry, 
9  honor  of  his 
"Ghiper"  had  , 
ig  k(^  to  the 

leral  feeiiug  at 
w  commenced. 


The  labors  of  a  bad  rammer,  and  the  tedium  of  a  long 
winter,  were  forgotten  b  a  moment,  when  we  found  our- 
aelvea  on  ground  not  hitherto  explored,  and  with  every 
apparent  prospect  before  us  of  nuking  as  rapid  progress 
as  the  nature  of  this  narigation  wlU  permit." 

These  bright  gleams  of  hope,  howerer,  were  soon 
doaded.  The  ice  to  seaward  gradually  approached  the 
land,  until  it  dr6ve  both  ships  on  shore,  in  which  pro- 
cess  the  "Fury"  was  swept  irresistibly  post  the 
"  Heola»"  only  avoiding,  by  a  few  fbet,  a  contact  which 
might  have  been  ruinous  to  both  vessels.  They  were 
got  off  again  at  high  water,  but  the  unfortunate  "  Fury" 
was  so  seriously  damaged,  that  four  pumps  oonstantiy 
kept  going  were  hardly  sufficient  to  keep  her  afloat ; 
and  Captain  Hoppner,  with  his  oi&oers  and  men,  were 
almost  exhausted  with  their  incessant  labors.  Pirepar* 
ations  were  made  for  heaving  her  down,  to  repair  the 
injury  to  her  keel ;  but,  in  the  very  act  of  lo  doings  a 
gale  of  wind  destroyed  the  basin  which  had,  with  great 
labor,  been  constructed  in  the  ice  to  receive  her,  and  it 
was  found  necessary  to  tow  her  out  to  sea,  in  which 
service  the  "  Heda"  herself  wu  esqweed  to  no  little 
danger.  For  a  few  hours  the  "  Fury"  was  kept  afloat, 
by  means  of  sails  passed  under  her  ked  to  stop  the 
worst  leaks;  but,  on  the  21st  August,  she  was  onoe 
more  on  sktie,  mid,  this  time,  hopdesdy  stranded  on 
an  open  and  stony  beaoh,  with  her  hold  flill  of  water. 
The  affioem  andmen  of  both  ships  were  now  ao  harassed 
and  wcf&  ont,  9s  to  be  soarady  capable  of  tokj  Airtner 
exertion  without  rest^  and  more  than  one  instance  oc- 
wrrod  of  stupor  arising  from  excessive  Ihtigae^  amount* 
8 


*     V 


iiHlBiiiiiiiiw 


mimmtrnmrntimtm 


170 


wmoiM  ov 


ing  to  A  oorUin  d«gr«o  of  fbUure  in  intolleot,  randoring 
tho  individual  to  afibcted  quite  unable,  at  flnt,  to  oom* 
prubond  an  order,  though  atin  aa  willing  aa  over  to 
ohey  it.  A  aurvoy  wan  held  on  the  itranded  veiacl, 
and  tho  unaniniuuii  opinion  of  her  offloera  oonflnnod 
that  to  which  Parry  had  reluctantly  oome,  that  aho 
moat  be  abandoned.  Thia  waa  rendered  more  vexatious 
by  tho  unusual  abaenoe  of  ice  to  the  southward,  aa  well 
aa  the  navigable  aea,  indicated  in  that'  direction  by  a 
dark  "water-sky."  The  condition  of  the  "Fury," 
however,  forbade  all  hopes  of  being  able  to  take  advan< 
tage  of  these  fhvorable  prospocta,  and  Parry  saw  that 
one  uouTN!  only  wfki  open  to  him  in  thia  extremity. 

**  Our  reioaroes  only  betng  salldlent  to  bold  oat  to  the 
autumn  of  the  following  year,  it  would  have  been  folly  to 
hope  for  final  suocoss,  considering  the  small  progress  wo 
had  already  made,  tho  unoertab  nature  of  the  navigation, 
and  the  advanced  period  of  the  season.  I  was,  therefore, 
reduced  to  tho  only  remainbg  oonolnsion,  that  it  was  my 
duty  to  return  to  England  in  complianoe  with  the  ph^ 
tenor  of  my  instructions.  But,**  he  adds,  **  it  was  with 
extreme  pain  and  regret  that  I  made  the  dgnal  for  th« 
» Fury's*  ofllcers  and  men  to  go  for  thehr  clothes,  which 
had  been  put  on  shore  with  the  stores.** 

ISvery  apare  oomer  of  the  "  HedU"  being  required 
for  the  aooommodation  of  a  double  oomplement,  the 
greater  part  of  the  "Fury'a"  stores  were  left  either  on 
board  her,  or  on  shore.  These  preparationa  at  length 
oonoluded,  the  boats  were  hoisted  up,  and  the  "  Heola's" 
head  turned  to  the  north-eastward. 

On  the  12th  of  October,  Captain  Parry  landed  at 


I 


■itmn     lilHiiiii  rtiili  I  I   III   illll  II  l«m>lli».«a< 


liiilililri'iirniiiiiiiiilr'iilft'ii 


mmmmmmrmimn 


tin  W.  Ki  PAMir. 


m 


loot,  rendering 
t  flnt,  to  oom* 
ng  M  over  to 
mnded  vomcI, 
«n  oonfinnod 
ome,  that  iihe 
nora  vexatious 
bward,  ai  well 
lireotion  by  a 
the  "Fury," 
totakeadvan- 
'any  aaw  that 
extremity. 

r 
bold  out  to  the 
re  been  folly  to 
kU  progreu  we 
the  navigation, 
wae,  therefore, 
that  it  was  my 
with  the  plain 
B,*«itwa8witb 
dgnal  for  the 
elothes,  which 


Ming  nqnired 
nplement,  the 
left  either  on 
tionfl  at  length 
the"Heo1a'8" 

Try  landed  at 


Peterhead,  ft\)ra  whioh  plaoo  hu  puetud  to  London  to 
present  his  papers  at  tho  Admiralty,  wLib:;«'4  If  an* 
nounoed  his  arrival  to  his  mother  in  those  words . 

**Zondony  Oot.  16,  1821. 
**  Mt  BuLOvn)  MoTuaa :  I  have  tried  every  means  of 
oommunioating  to  you  that  I  am  sofo  and  well,  and  no  are 
all  belonging  to  tho  expedition,  though  uniuoooaaful,  and 
having  lost  the  '  Fury,'  lliis  is  one  o(  the  accidents  to 
which  all  Rnoh  attempts  must  be  liable,  and  from  which 
God's  providence  alone  has  hitherto  preserved  us.  ...  . 
We  left  the  poor  old  *  Fury  *  fUll  of  water.  Qod  has  been 
Btill  very  ntorolAtl  to  us,  especially  to  me.  All  the 
*  Heola's  >  people  return,  by  IIU  good  providence,  better 
than  when  we  left  England,  and  only  two  of  the  '  Fury's* 
have  been  lost,  one  by  accident  and  one  by  a  disease  inoar- 
able  in  any  place,  and  under  any  eiroomstanoes." 

'  In  oompliaaoe  with  the  ouatomary  regulations  of  the 
■ervioe,  a  oourt-niartial  was  held,  at  Sheemess,  on  the 
oommander  and  ofBoera  of  tho  "  Fuiy."  "By  a  curious 
necessity,"  Farcy  wrote,  "there  not  being  captains 
enough  to  form  the  court,  I  sat  as  a  member  myself, 
although  it  was,  in  fact,  on  myself  that  the  reaponsi' 
bility  rested  i "  The  interest  excited  by  the  affair  was 
so  great,  that  the  "  Olouoester,"  on  board  of  which  the 
court  was  held,  was  crowded  with  persons  desirous  o( 
witnessing  the  proceeding,  and  of  learning  the  portisa 
lars  of  the  disaster.  After  going  through  thf  fom  of 
ac^^oitting  Captain  Hoppner  and  his  officers,  a  flattei 
ing  encomium  was  passed  on  the  exertions  of  arj 
engaged  in  the  expedition.  As  to  the  loss  of  the  vesstfl 
under  his  command,  Parry  remarks,  that  the  only  reul 


;jA'' 


171 


MuioiM  or 


oauM  fbr  wonder  WM  hia  long  exemption  fW>rn  looh  • 
OAlHStropho,  In  a  lenrioe  ioTolving  tuoh  oooaUnt  and 
unavoidable  ri«k  •■  an  Arotio  Yojnge.         -       ^  -    - 
TL«  development  of  Oaptain  Parry'f  nUgldua  (^ 
noter,  dUOnred,  in  aome  reapeota,  from  the  experience 
of  othen.    In  nunj  oaaoa  there  aeema  to  be  aome  turn- 
ing  point,  aa  it  worci,  In  the  lift,  dividing  the  old  from 
the  new.    Hero,  the  change  appeara  to  have  been  &r 
more  gradual,  and  jot  that  thero  was  auoh  a  change 
ia   very  evident     While,   hitherto,    "virtue"    had 
been  hia  watchword,  it  waa,  henceforward,  a  simple, 
childlike  fiiith  in  the  morita  of  hia  Savibur;  while,  in 
former  yeara,  he  had  been  content  to  bow  reverently 
before  the  footatool  of  the  Creator,  he  waa  now  led  to 
oling  oonfldentlj,  and  yet  humbly,  to  the  OroM  of  hia 
Bedeemar.    Such  a  atatement  may  perhapa,  soem  in> 
oonaiatent  with  the  high  moral  character  and  unmia- 
takable  piety  of  hia  oarly  years :  but,  little  m  he  waa 
aoouatomed  to  apeak  of  hia  own  inner  foelinga,  no  one 
who  knew  him  ean  doubt  that  he,  himaeli;  regarded  the 
religion  of  hia  aarly  life  oa  widely  differing  fhjm  hia 
later  ezperianoe.    The  former  waa  but  an  imperfect, 
rague,  undeveloped  aervioe ;  the  latter  waa  aa  "a  light 
■hitting  oum  and  more  unto  the  perfect  day."  It  might 
)m  i^  of  him,  aa  of  OomeUua,  that  he  had  been  a 
dairottt  man,  one  that  feared  Qod,  and  pnyad  to  Ood 
"  alwaya,"  but  that,  henoeforth,  it  waa  given  to  him  to 
know  "  the  way  of  Qod  more  perfectly."    And  to  the 
influence  of  more  than  one  immediate  oauae  may  we 
trace  ita  development  at  thia  time.    Hia  fether'a  death 
hod  had,  aa  we  have  seen,  a  strong  ^feot  upon  him, 
and  would,  doubtlcw^  lead    hif  JQ  inquire,   with 


<'• 


w  ii  wiiMi><li  Hikmmtmaim 


•m^mmmm 


PtH'< 


MS  w.  M.  rAsar. 


Sfl 


i  fVoin  tuoh  • 
ooiutaat  and 

religlou*  oh** 
M  exporienoe 
be  Mme  turn* 

th«  old  fVotn 
i«\ro  been  fiur 
ioh  •  ohuiie 
virtue "  bad 
>rd,  a  simple, 
ur;  while,  in 
m  revorontly 
«  now  led  to 

OroMof  bia 
HM>i  wwm  in> 

and  unmia* 
de  a«  he  wai 
lingi,  no  one 
ngaided'tbe 
ng  fVom  his 
M  imperfect, 
«  as  "a  light 
f"  It  might 

had  been  a 
ftjedto  Qod 
«n  to  him  to 

And  to  the 
vamo  may  we 
ith.ei'M  death 
tt  upon  him, 
iquire,    with, 


greater  onxietj,  into  the  grounda  of  hia  own  belief. 
Under  theae  inqairiea  he  waa  not  left  alone  to  the 
Ntrugglea  of  hia  own  heart,  but  found  in  Mr.  Hooper, 
whoie  name  had  ooourrod  more  than  once  in  theM 
{Migea,  one  ever  readj  to  offer  ajmpathy  and  help ;  lo 
that  during  the  winter  apent  at  Port  Bowen,  a  oloae  tie 
of  Ohriatian  friondjihip  waa  formed  between  them.  A 
pocket  edition  of  the  New  Testament,  which  Captain 
Parry  had  in  his  poasosaion  during  this  voyage,  con* 
tains  the  following  entry  on  the  first  page  in  his  own 
hand-writing:  "Began  to  read  the  New  Testament 
every  evening,  firom  June  8d,  1824."  Thia  ia  followed 
by  a  sucGoiisiun  of  dates,  extending  through  two  years, 
being  the  days  on  which  the  Testament  was  reoom* 
roencod  in  roguUr  order,  amounting  to  seven  timea  in 
all;  To  thia  simple  reading  through  and  through  of 
the  New  Testament  did  he  ascribe,  more  than  to  anj 
other  means,  the  progressive  change  in  hia  religious 
views,  applying  to  himself  the  words  of  the  Pulm : 
"  Th«  entrance  of  Thy  Word  i^vfth  light" 


-'i%.  -,  •>..  'I  • 


The  Mowing  extraoti  wre  flrom  Mr.  A»peKi  pri- 
vate journal. 

^Jamuxry  S8d;  1895. — My  esteemed  Mend  is  m6r« 
earnestly  alive  than  ever  to  the  importance  of  livbg  for 
another  world,  and  not  for  this  alone.  His  views  beeome 
every  day  more  olear.  We  have  much  delight  hi  eon* 
verabg ;  and,  I  hope,  under  the  inilaenoe  of  Ood's-Holy 
Spirit,  in  inoreasing  each  other's  knowledge  on  religloas 
subjects.  I  frequently  spend  half  an  hour  with  him  after 
our  school,  and  find  some  of  the  time  thus  paisod  both 
precious  and  delightfUL'* 


174 


MKMOIIM  OV 


^Mbruary  18M.--Captain  Pairy  ia  moit  esniMt  in 
his  desire  to  nwakon  the  people  to  the  impot-tADoe  of 
eternity,  on  which  subjeot  hii  own  view«  have,  in  the  last 
few  months,  materially  expanded,  and,  under  the  divine 
blessing,  I  have  confident  hopes  of  benefiting  many  of 
thorn  by  our  mutual  endeavors." 

<.  ■     ■  ■  ' 
h      ■' 

That  these  effortu,  on  the  part  of  these  Christian 
brother  offlcere,  were  highly  appreciated  by  thoBe  for 
whoso  benefit  they  were  intended,  may  be  seen  from 
the  two  following  letters  from  a  seaman  on  board  the 
"H8cla,"the  first  written  at  the  time,,  and  the  other 
addressed  to  Mr.  Hooper  some  years  afterwards. 

^KM.  S,  *JBeokt.'  Port  Botom^  Deo.,  1824. 
"  I  must  be  plain  and  honest  in  my  declarations.  The 
Lord  has  been  pleased  to  supply  us  smfiil  and  unworthy 
creatures  with  a  OhristUn  and  fluthful  captain,  and 
preacher  of  the  most  sacred  and  Holy  Gospel,  and,  like- 
wise, a  good  Christian  teacher,  in  this  wild  and  soUtary 
place,  and  shall  we  stiU  rebel  against  such  a  good  God  as 
this,  and  go  on  in  sin  ?  ShaU  I  not,  with  my  smaU  but 
most  grateful  acknowledgments,  contribute  something 
toward  the  support  of  reUgion?  This,  sir,  I  should  wish 
to  keep  secret  fix)m  the  world,  for  '  in  your  almsgiving, 
let  not  your  right  hand  know  what  your  left  hand  doeth.» 
'  But  I  am  so  oiroumstanoed  now,  that  this  I  can  not  avoid, 
and' if  you  wiU  have  the  goodness  to  write  how  it  should 
be  done,  the  sum  of  lOA  shall  be  given,  as  yon  thmk  well 
o£  May  the  Lord  bo  with  you,  and  with  my  spirit,  and 
I  am,  Sir, 

"  Your  obedient  and  very  humble  servant, 

•  **  Joair  Dasks.    Seaman.** 


■^<»jg*  lettKHmiLmiitiit  MwmmmmMlutiti 


"^WW 


noit  earnMt  in 
)  impot-tADoe  of 
have,  in  the  IfMt 
Oder  the  divine 
Bflting  many  of 

.  V  .■:':.../(.  ■•■ 

tliose  Clirintian 
id  by  thoae  for 
f  be  seen  from 
n  on  board  the 
A  and  the  other 
;erwards. 

n,  Deo.,  1824. 
ilarations.  The 
1  and  anwortby 
il  oaptun,  and 
ospel,  and,  like- 
ild  and  aolitary 
I  a  good  God  as 
ih  my  small  bat 
}ate  something 
r,  I  should  wish 
>ur  alms-giving, 
eft  hand  doeth.* 
I  can  not  avoid, 
b  hov  it  shoold 
:  yoa  thbk  well 
I  my  spirit,  and 

servant, 
B.    SeamaD.** 


'  HiK  w.  E.  PAunr/  -.$$$ 

"  I  retpoot  yoo  and  Oaptain  Parry  so  &r,  that  I  WMlTd 
willingly  lay  down  my  life  freely  to  serve  yon.  I  can 
not  bear  to  lose  sight  of  the  persons  in  whom  I  have 
such  frionds,  and  who,  by  the  grace  of  God,  have  been 
the  means  of  saving  my  sonl. 

"J.D." 

Shortly  after  the  arrival  of  the  "  Hecla "  in  Eng* 
laud,  in  1825,  Parry  underwent  a  severe  trial  in  the 
death  of  his  esteemed  friend,  Mr.  Obarles  Martyr.  The 
following  letter,  written  towards  the  cloae  of  his  fatal 
illness,  is  indicative  of  the  expansion  of  his  own  reli* 
gioos  views  v 

**  Dear  Charles  Martyr,  of  whose  value,  as  a  friend, 
7oa  are  fully  aware,  is,  I  fear,  no  less  than  dying,  and  I, 
who  would  die  for  him,  can  not,  as  yet,  go  to  Chatham 
to  see  him.  Yes,  he  is,  I  believe,  going  to  reap  his  re- 
ward, and  to  recdve  a  orown  of  glory.  He  is,  my  dear 
friend,  the  haj^iest  man  in  .England,  I  believe,  at  tins 
moment.  The  calm  (i^mposure  with  which  he  contem- 
plates Us  dissolution,  is,  I  am  told,  most  delightftal.  He 
says  he  is  sure  the  God  he  has  endeavored  to  serve  will 
never 'leave  nor  forsr^lce'  his  wife  and  chQdren.  He 
speaks  of  it,  not  as  many  do,  in  general  dependence  on 
God's  mercy,  but  in  the  sure  and  certain  hope  that  it  will 
.  be  so.  His,  in  short,  is  fiuth,  the  true  scriptural  fiutfa, 
and  by  this  he  trusts,  through  the  merits  of  his  Saviour, 
to  enter  heaven  himself^  Mid  feels  certwn  that  He,  with- 
out whose  pemussion  not  a  sparrow  fidls  to  the  gnmnd, 
will  preserve  from  want  those  whom  he  leaves  behind,  who 
are  of  more  value  than  many  sparrows.  Yon,  my  ieax 
friends,  will  foigive  my  intruding  all  this  npon  yoo,  but 
the  object  of  my  present  affliction  is  not  nnknown  to 


.1-, 


tiimmitmMmmimimmk 


Ul<*dllwiilW(Wlw:jii>IJIMii»ilMiiwli»iiLi»iLiliitii.iiiiViuiwlinir^ 


i.      >. 


r 


179 


MKXoiBs  or 


jron,  and  yoa  oan  deeply  a{>preoiate  every  feeling  of  mine 
upon  the  oooaaion.'* 

After  Mr.  Martyr's  decease,  Pariy  Iiad  the  melan* 
oholj  Batis&otion  of  testifying  to  the  worth  of  hia  de- 
parted friend,  in  an  artide  for  the  "  Christian  Observ- 
er," and  the  spirit  which  pervades  every  page  is  a  stUl 
fiuiher  illustration  of  the  remarks  we  have  ventured 
to  make  upon  hia  own  religious  views.  The  memoir 
concludes  with  these  WO' is:       t^rt^y    ;Xv 

**At  length  his  happy  spirit  was  release^,  and  returned 
to  God  who  gave  it.  Thus,  at^he  early  age  of  thirty- 
three  years,  this  &ithfnl  servant  of  Ood  *  fell  aaleep  in 
Jeaos.*  He  ts  now  delivered  from  the  bondage  of  oor- 
rupUon,  into  the  glorious  liberty  of  the  children  of  God. 
Now,  freed  from  all  darkness,  and  doubts,  and  fears,  he 
U  dri^kingi  from  the  pure  fountain  of  life  and  happiness, 
draughts  of  unmixed  and  uninterrupted  felicity.  His 
warfiure  is  ended,  and  he  Is  wearing  a  orown  of  glory, 
*  the  prixe  of  the  high  oalling  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus.*  ** 

The  voyage  of  1824,  resulting  in  the  loss  of  the 
"  Fury,"  was  the  last  expedition  in  which  Pany  was 
engaged  for  the  discovery  of  a  North-West  Passage, 
his  next  publio  service  having  a  different  end  in  view, 
though  it  led  him  once  more  into  similar  scenes.  Still, 
wh^ie  the  great  problem  remained  unsolved,  his  own 
ezertiona  had  not  been  without  brilliant  res^t  Lven 
his  Mures  served  as  landmarks  to  guide  th«  deps  of 
those  who  followed  in  his  track,  and  the  extent  of  hia 
auooess,  on  ground  hitherto  unexplored,  had,  in  a  great 
measure,  exhausted  the  more  difficult  part  of  the  un- 
dertaking, leaving  to  hia  successors  onlj  the  glory  of 


mi.mitmmt\  irniiBii'fltli'iiMt  11 


feeling  of  mine 

d  the  melaii* 
rth  of  his  d»- 
atian  Obaerv- 
page  is  a  stUl 
lave  ventured 
The  memoir 


,  and  returned 
age  of  thirty- 
fell  aaleep  in 
ndage  of  oor- 
idren  of  Ood. 
and  fears,  he 
u>.d  happiness, 
feUcity.  Hia 
Dwn  of  glory, 
riit  Jeans.'** 

a  loflB  of  the 
uh  Pany  wa« 
rest  Passage, 
end  in  view, 
Boenes.  Still, 
red,  his  own 
es^t  Lveu 
tlwdeps  of 
extent  of  his 
ad,  in  a  great 
rt  of  the  un- 
the  glory  of 


BIB  W.  B.  FABRY. 

completing  the  last  link  in  the  chain  of  discovery.  He 
lived  just  long  enough  to  see  this  link  added,  as  he  felt 
sure  would  eventually  be  the  coae. 

"  I  feel  conildent,**  (he  writes,  at  the  olose  of  his  nar- 
rative of  this  voyage,)  "that  the  undertaking,  if  it  be 
deemed  advisable  at  any  future  time  to  pursue  it,  will, 
one  day  or  other,  be  accomplished ;  for,  setting  aside  the 
accidents,  to  which,  from  their  very  nature,  such  attempts 
must  be  liable,  I  can  not  but  beUeve  it  to  be  an  enter- 
prise well  within  the  reasonable  limits  of  practicability. 
It  may  be  tried  often,  and  often  fail,  for  several  fovorable 
and  fortunate  circumstances  must  be  combined  for  its  ac- 
complishment, but  I  believe,  nevertheless,  that  it  will 
ultimately  be  accomplished.  Happy  (he  adds)  I  should 
have  considered  myself  in  solving  thit<  interesting  ques- 
tion, instead  of  leavmg  it  a  matter  of  speculation  and 
oorgeoture}  happy  shall  I  be  alao,  if  any  labors  of  mine 
in  the  humble,  though  it  would  seem  necessary,  office  of 
pioneer,  should  ultimately  oontribnte  to  the  success  of 
some  more  fortunate  individual ;  but  most  happy  should 
I  be,  to  be  again  selected  as  that  individual.  May  it  still 
&31  to  England^s  lot  to  accomplish  this  un'dertakiag,  and 
may  she  ever  continue  to  take  the  lead  in  enterprises  in- 
tended to  contribute  to  the  advancement  of  science,  and 
to  promote,  with  her  own,  the  wel&re  of  mankind  at 
large.  Such  enteq>rise8,  so  disinterested  as  well  as  use- 
fhl  in  their  object,  do  hopor  to  the  country  which  under- 
takes then ,  even  when  they  £ul ;  they  can  not  but  ez- 
<dte  the  admiration  and  respect  of  every  liberal  and  cul- 
tivated mind ;  and  Hio  page  of  fttture  histiory  will  un- 
doubtedly record  them,  ns  in  every  way  worthy  of  a 
powerful,  virtuous,  and  enlighteaed  nation.' " 


-M 


'maim 


*"'Sv'S*'jiW<'A*f;o:i." 


17t 


..*>€-:•.■ 


lOUliOUU  ov 


-■■«;■'.■?'   •?  /r|»-'  ^4  -J    '^'    ,!"; 


-■,>  •■  ■.J.''l\  ;s'J- 


.,V:- 


CHAPTER  vm.  " 

Intemt  In  Religious  Sooteties— Appoiutmont  to  the  Command  of  an  Ex* 
pedition  for  tho  purpose  of  attempting  to  reach  the  North  Pole  — 
Marriage— Sailing  of  the  Bxpedition~-The  "Iloda"  loft  at  SpiUborgen 
—Boat  and  Sledge  Joumej  to  tho  Northvrord— Return  to  the  "  Ueda" 
Homeward  Voyage — Short  Tour  on  the  Continent— Deatli  of  hia 
Eldnt  Child. 

"^  "      1826—1828.         *     .    ^-    •  ^i 

Immediately  after  his  return  fhjm  tbe  expedition 
recorded  in  the  last  chapter,  Parrj  resumed  his  duties 
as  hydrographer  at  the  Admiralty.  On  the  16th  Feb- 
i-uary,  1826,  thg  freedom  of  the  city  of  Lynn  was  voted 
to  him  by  the  corporation,  "  in  testimony  of  the  high 
.Hense  they  entertained  of  his  meritorious  and  enterpris- 
ing conduct." 

.  At  this  time,  his  interest  in  religious  societies  seems 
to  have  been  first  awakened.  The  Society  for  Promot- 
ing Christianity  among  the  Jews,  the  Church  Mission- 
ary, and  the  Naval  and  Military  Bible  Societies,  are 
flrequently  mentioned  in  his  letters,  the  latter  especially, 
for  which  he  spoke  at  the  annual  May  maeting  of  this 
year,  besides  taking  an  active  part  in  the  formation  of 
an  association  at  Chatham. 


e f^j^aWBfcltiMrl'lMI'  lf«*IW'll««><lMliilliiil>»h>i»  i[|i'ilWiiil»iMW"iiliill>«ill(p)»«««)«Miiw*ilrj 


'■W<*W<i*yywLii>i.yVtf,i(;»w.yM<li>^ 


mmandofanBz* 
10  North  Polo  — 
BftatSpitcborgon 
iitotho"Heda" 
t— Doath  of  hia 


e  eiqpedition 
ed  his  duties 
lie  15th  Feb- 
Dn  was  voted 
of  the  high 
Old  enterpris- 

Ksieties  seems 
rfor  Promot- 
rch  Mission* 
Societies,  are 
er  especially,' 
etiag  of  this 
[brmatioa  of 


imvfiMUiiiHim 


SIR  W.   K.  PAHRY. 


170 


"  I  have  often  wished,"  (he  remarked  on  this  occasion,) 
"  when  paying  my  usual  visits  to  our  little  schools,  that 
the  friends  of  the  Naval  and  Military  Bible  Society,  or 
even  its  enemies,  (if  any  such  there  can  be,)  could  for  a 
moment  have  been  transported  to  the  'Heola's*  lower 
deck.  They  would  there  have  seen  a  whole  ship^s  com- 
pany gradually  drawing  round  the  school  tables,  to  hear 
the  word  of  God  expounded,  they  would  have  seen  each 
individual  listening  with  eager  and  mute  attention,  and, 
literally,  those  who  came  to  scoff  remaining  to  pray.  I 
can  not  expect,  ladies  and  gentleman,  to  convey  to  your 
mind  the  interest  of  such  a  scene,  with  all  the  associations 
arising  out  of  our  peculiar  situation,  but  the  recollection 
will  ever  be  to  me  one  of  the  strongest,  and,  I  may  truly 
say,  the  iweetest  of  my  life.  The  effect  was  simply  this, 
that  the  very  best  men  on  board  the  *  Heola,'  those,  I 
mean,  who  were  always  called  npon  in  time  of  especial 
difficulty  and  danger — were,  without  exception,  those 
wlio  hud  thought  the  moHh  seriously  on  religions  subjects : 
and  that,  if  a  still  more  scrupulous  selection  were  to  be 
made  of  that  number,  the  choice  would,  without  hesita- 
tion, fall  ;  two  or  three  individuals  eminently  Chi'stisn, 
Such  has  been  the  result  of  my  own  observation  and  ex> 
perience.  Should  I  be  employed  on  a  similar  service,  and 
wen.  yun  to  ask  what  men  I  would  select,  I  would  say, 
'P.ive  me  the  best  Christians,'  for  then  we  should  be 
strong  indeed,  strong  in  the  Lord,  and  in  the  power  of 
His  might."  ;■.■■■■■■  •;;•',. /Af-; 

In  thus  openly  <)spouBing  the  cause  of  reUgioa,  he 
felt  that  he  w&s  now,  as  it  were,  oailing  to  the  mast  the 
colors  of  his  Christian  profe-^sion.  ,,  ,  ^      ^  ^  , 

"  My  speech  at  the  Bible  Society  "  (ho  writes)  "  has 
been  talked  of  very  snoeringly  at  this  great  house,  (the 


ilJji(|ii|tlM)ll)ia..ijlHlt»u.)UiWij>iw»«i^^^^     i.iiuj  ii"ii,<iiMi<Miiinii»ii»iiiii»ri  'iiiJiLigjiliiiliHi 


M^^k^^^ggg^^gjxa^ 


180 


MaxouH  ov 


Admiralty,)  bat  oht  bow  iiuignifloaDt  do««  kit  witbio 
theM  wills  »ppoar,  when  tbe  iinagination  tarns,  bat  for 
a  moment,  to  the  assembled  hosts  of  beaveo,  and  men, 
and  angels  1  In  this  I  liad  long  »^o  i^ontcd  th«  oost, 
and  am,  I  trast,  ready,  k  depea(!t;noe  on  otiier  strength 
than  my  own,  to  bear  mooh  more  reproaob  thao  this. 
Pray  for  mo,  my  dear  friend,  that  my  strength  M.  not, 
and  that  I  may  be  cnoonraged  and  supported  by  Qod's 
Holy  Spirit,  in  every  humble  endeavor  to  advanoe  His 
glory,  and  the  sRlvvttion  of  men's  souls  1*' 

After  the  ^^insuooeaifiil  tennination  of  the  reoent 
efforts  to  disoovf^r  the  North-West  Passage,  it  seemed 
useless,  fox  tbe  f^temixt,  to  poisue  the  attempt  farther ; 
but  thic  «Ud  not  hinder  Parry  fiom  taming  his  atten- 
tion to  another  quarter,  where  success  seemed  mora 
hopeflil.  lino  interesting  experiments  which  had  been 
nude,  daring  the  late  expeditions,  in  the  neighborhood 
of  the  Magnetic  Pole,  had  induced  many  sdentiflo  men 
to  speculate  on  the  possibility  of  carrying  out  similar 
observations  at  the  very  pole  of  the  earth  itsel£  Parry 
employed  the  few  leisuro  moments  he  could  snatch 
from  tile  duties  of  his  office  in  drawing  up  a  statement 
respecting  the  practicability  of  effecting  this  object  by 
mean»  of  sle<1ge-lx«t8,  m  had  been  before  proposed  by 
,  his  ^?hi  id  tmi.  brother  o®cer,  Gaptuii  Franldin.  Of 
tiie  cU^Sculties  involved  a  ^  scheme  hewas  fUlly 
awai  e ;  but,  as  he  remarked  in  a  lettor  to  Fraoklin,  Uien 
himself  absent  from  England  on  Arctic  diaoovery,  "the 
true  reply  to  all  doubts  is,  Go  and  see  I"  The  memorial, 
when  completed,  was  laid  before  Lord  Melville  and 
the  Lords  of  the  Admiralty,  supported  ly  a  recom- 
mendation from  Sir  Humphry  Davy,  the  }?reRident  of 


*''SaCT»iillliii:ii^lii*irili;«yaiWiibMwaillWlliii«rt  'wiiiiiiiili'iiiliiliiii 


.*r=' 


aMMM 


w»  alt  within 
tarns,  bat  for 
ven,  «nil  mm, 
ttcd  th«  ooat, 
Aet  strength 
Mb  thaa  this, 
ngth  Ml  not, 
rted  by  God's 
advanoe  EDs 


t£  the  recent 
ige,  it  seemed 
impt  farther ; 
ing  his  atten- 
seemed  mora 
dch  had  been 
neighborfaood 
Knentiflc  men 
g^out  similar 
itael£  Party 
oould  snatch 
p  a  statement 
his  object  by 
propoeed  by 
raoMin.  Of 
hewas  fUlly 
*KiQklin,  tiien 
loovery,  "the 
he  memorial, 
Melville  and 
Ly  a  recom* 
l.'rerident  of 


'|'M|i)|iiiji|,q|i>|M||it|iyiii!|i||,|i|,||ij,jtii|yj|,^^^^^  . 


firiiilr'iili'iHtiiltlli 


BIS  W.  a.  PABBT. 


181 


the  Royal  Society,  to  whom  Parry,  a*  a  member  of  the 
Society,  hod  oommunioatod  his  views.  As  might  be 
antioipsted,  some  oppoHition  was  at  first  made  to  the 
scheme^  but,  after  fUrther  discussion,  the  objections 
were  overruled,  and  Parry  was  appointed  to  the  com- 
mand of  an  expedition  "for  the  purpose  of  attempting 
to  reach  the  North  Pole." 


r  h-'o;*  r-.M 


^'AdmiraUyy  July  8, 1636. 
■  '*  I  am  in  the  Ughest  possible  sfurits,  being  aaite  re- 
joiced in  the  prospect  of  some  new  and  honorable  employ- 
ment, better  snited  both  to  my  tastes  and  early  habits 
than  the  present  sedentary  occupation  of  my  oftoe.  I 
wad  yesterday  the  whole  day  at  Woolwioh  Dockyard, 
and  went  on  board  my  dear  old  *Hoola,*  to  determke  on 
a  few  trifling  alterations  which  mast  be  made  in  her.  I 
ftel  very  great  interest  in  t!iia  expedition,  more  than  hi 
any  former  one,  as  it  is  my  own  plan,  and  uniqae  in  its 

On  the  28d  of  Octbber;  O^^^tAitt  Bunry  iNi^Ued  in 
marrii^,  to  Isabella  Louisa,  fourth  daughter  of  Sir 
John  (afterwards  Lord)  Stanley,  of  Alderley  Park, 
Gheehire.  The  ceremony  was  petfbrmed  in  the  parish 
ohuioh  of  Alderley,  by  the  Bev.  E.  Stanley,  (afterwards 
Bishop  of  Norwich,)  with  whom'Oaptabi  Parry  had 
for  some  time  been  on  terms  of  intimate  fiien^ship. 
A  Bilk  ensign,  worked  for  the  expedition  by  the  bride 
herself  wtui  hoisted  on  the  dhurch  tower.  When  hauled 
down,  this  was  oarefolly  folded  up,  not  to  be  agmn 
nnflirled,  as  they  fondly  hoped,  except  at  the  North 

Poieiteel£    '  '''"'^  •''/'"      

.  On  the  18th  of  Kdvember,  the  "Heda"  was  fo*- 


:j^-.  *,'jiru,ti,  >.imtjiiWii.win«uii»lii— mwiwiiiimiiiiiii  ii  ni 


183 


MmoiBi  or 


mally  comtnitelonod  for  the  approaching  voyaire  to 
Spitabergen.  o      /-o 

''JVovember  20, 1629. 
On  Saturday,  at  10  o'clock,  we  Bet  off  for  Ueptford, 
and  found  Rosii  there  waiting  our  arrival.  The  day  wan 
wet,  but  Isabella  does  not  mind  trifles.  As  every  body 
knew  that  she  was  coming,  a  groat  number  of  our  former 
people  had  colloctod  on  board  the  ♦  Heola,'  and  the  access 
to  her  had  been  made  very  convenient  by  steps,  etc. 
The  form  of  commissioning  is  merely  hoisthig  the  pend- 
ant,  and  when  a  ship  is  paid  off,  the  some  isljaoled  down. 
I  can  not  express  to  you  the  pride  with  which  she  hoisted, 
and  I  saw  her  hoist  it.  Every  body  who  waa  by,  was 
quite  deUghted.    This  is  just  what  seamen  delight  in." 

Thia  expedition  wais  as  popular  aa  its  predecesson, 
and  so  many  were  found  deairoua  of  sailing  under 
Parry'4  command,  that,  with  the  greatest  care  to  select 
none  but  flrst-rato  hands,  the  ship  was  completely 
manned  in  three  days  after  the  hoisting  of  her  pendanl» 
as  many  men  being  refbsed  as  would  have  aerved  to 
man  her  a  second  time.  ?;       ,^- 

Though  obliged,  by  hid  duties  at  the  hydrographer's 
office,  to  reside  in  London  while  the  "  HecU  "  was  fit- 
ting  for  service,  Parry  found  leisure  to  go  down  to 
Deptford  from  time  to  time.  On  one  occasion  he  was 
accopapanied  by  his  wife,  who  for  several  days  took  up 
her  quarters  with  him  on  board.    Shewrite^: 

"JWn/a»y  22, 1827,  2C  Jf.  A  ♦JBr«jto.» 
"  I  delight  m  having  returned  to  the  bells  and  the  sen- 
try's 'All's  well,'  at  night ;  there  is  something  so  comfort- 
able  in  the  sound I  have  now  also  some  idea  of 


JilWiiBmnllilirtliilliiMI* 


•IS  w.  ■.  PAsur. 


188 


ng  voyage  to 

b«r  20, 1828. 
'  for  Deptford, 
Tho  dajr  wan 
As  every  body 
r  of  our  former 
and  the  acooM 
by  Btepa,  etc. 
ling  tho  pend> 
>*haaled  down, 
sh  ahe  hoisted, 
0  was  by,  was 
delight  in.** 

predecesson, 
lailing  under 
care  to  select 
J  completely 
her  pendant^ 
TO  served  to 

■«'    -»-■   .I"!'. 

'drographer's 
cla  "  was  fit- 
go  down  to 
aaion  he  waa 
lays  took  up 
ites: .  -^  „ ..  , 

and  the  sien* 
g  so  comfort* 
lome  idea  of 


^' 


what  it  i»  to  bo  amongst  ioe.  The  river  is  quite  full  of 
it.  Tho  firnt  evening  I  heard  tho  sound  of  the  ioe  grat- 
ing along  the  ship's  side,  I  could  hardly  beliove  tho  noiso, 
like  thunder,  was  oaused  by  the  ioo.  That  sound  hoH 
now  ceased,  for  tho  ioe  is  firm  and  quiet,  and  tho  boats 
are  employed  in  cutting  their  way  through,  to  open  n 
communication  with  the  shore.  They  are  nearly  two 
hour»  in  getting  two  boats'  length,  which  will  give  you 
some  idea  of  tho  labor.  Mr.  Ross  and  the  officers  seem 
to  Jelight  in  it,  and  perhaps,  if  I  had  seen  as  much  of  it 
as  they  have,  I  should  not  think  more  of  real  foe,  than 
they  do  of  this."  .•    '     .<  -         .^  ■i',    ir  i    ,?.  , 

On  the  26th  of  March,  1827,  the  "Hcda  "  was  ready 
for  sea,  and  Parry,  having  bid  farewell  to  his  wife  in 
London,  went  down  to  Deptford,  aooompaniod  by  some 
members  of  her  ffunU/,  one  of  whom  writes : 

"  The  boat  was  waiting  for  us,  and  we  wont  on  board, 
where  wo  found  the  deok  crowded  with  the  boats,  etc. 
Parry  immediately  went  into  his  own  cabin,  and  soon 
oame  out  again  in  Aill  uniform,  in  which  I  had  never  seen 
him  since  I  knew  and  loved  him.  After  break&st,  wo 
read  his  Admiralty  instructions,  and  dwelt  with  comfort 
on  the  page  enjoining  him  not  to  attempt  to  persevere, 
oven  with  the  prospect  of  snooess,  at  the  risk  of  life  or 
lives.  ....  Tho  door  opens,  and  Mr.  Ross's  eager  ikoe 
looks  in,  with  an  expression  of  more  than  usual  joy : 
*  The  steamboat  is  ahead,  sir ;  we  ane  all  ready  t'  In  an- 
other minute  he  oomea  agtun,  with  *  Captain  Boxer's* 
compliments,  sir,  and  he  is  here  with  hit  gig,  if  he  can  be 
of  any  use !'    The  offer  was  accepted  for  as.    We  went 

'./',,    •  OtptelnBozsr  then  oomiiMndfldtha  "Humh"  frigate. 


I 


It4 


aw  «r 


ap,  uA,  Uklng  •  hiitj  gUne*  at  th*  bai^  d«ok,  and  all 
thoM  h^p7,  Mnguiaa  Sum,  w  ahook  handi,  and  w«r« 
■eatod  in  the  tlung  ohair.    We  then  rowed  along-side, 
cheered  bjr  all  the  Khipe  a«  we  paaaed,  till  we  arrived 
oppoaite  Qreenwioh  lloipital.     The  peniiionert  were  ar- 
ranged along  the  ihore,  and  the  *Heola'  cheered  them 
flmt,  and  thejr  retamud  the  compliment.    By  thia  time 
Klie  was  getting  ahead  of  us,  so  we  rested  on  our  oars, 
and  watched  her  at  iho  graduallj  left  us,  Parry  still  stand- 
ing In  the  gangway,  leaning  with  one  hand  pn  the  side, 
and  looking  aa  if  he  were,  indeed,  in  his  proper  place, 
with  that  commanding  and  dignified  oompoaure  whioh 
marlu  his  manner  on  all  great  occasions.    I  felt  then  aa 
if  I  did  not  wish  to  see  him  again,  and  as  if  that  were 
the  proper  phwse  to  lose  sight  of  him.    The  way  in  whioh 
hn  jets  through  all  business,  all  worriea  and  details,  with 
so  Aw  words  and  such  little  trouble,  so  mooh  oonsidenk- 
ti  m  and  decision,  is  very  strikmg ;  and  he  says  that,  with 
•U  he  is  oow  leaving,  he  ia  happier  in  goiqg  out  than  ha 
has  ever  been  before." 

Whilst  giving  this  aooount  of  the  oirouuutanoM 
attendant  on  hia  embarkation,  it  will  not  be  uninterest- 
ing to  the  reader  to  be  made  acquainted  with  aome  of 
the  moK  secret  feelinga  of  hia  nund,  aa  exfnaaei  in 
hia  letters  at  this  drde,  fh>m  whioh  it  maj  be  seen  how 
Wfidly  hia  reUgiciis  views  were  now  maturing.  The 
following  were  wiitten  to  his  wife,  after  the  "HeeU" 
had  left  Deptford.   -  * 

**SKtimt$$^  Aprii  S,  188?. 

**  Let  Gk>d  oontinae  to  have  a  place  ia  every  thonght, 
and,  in  exchange,  yon  will  be  sure  to  receive  His  p«MM, 
*whieh  passeth  all  oudersunding.'  Yes,  it  Is  indeed  IBs 
strength,  not  oar  own^  iR^iioh  haa  eaaUed  ua  to  bear  this 


KiwMiKAM 


mmtoHmntaumtiiiii 


iMmMallmImm 


■  I"  \'»m 


mu  w.  M,  PAamr. 


lU 


r  d«ok,  aad  all 
ndi,  and  w«r« 
'ed  along-aid*, 
ill  w«  arrivad 
onon  woro  ar- 
oho«r«d  them 
By  thia  tima 
1  on  our  oan, 
\try  •till  itand- 
d  pn  the  lido, 
proper  place, 
poaure  which 
I  felt  then  aa 
I  if  that  were 
way  in  which 
1  datalla,  with 
loh  oontidera- 
ays  that,  with 
t  out  than  he 

surotunstanoet 
Munintereat- 
with  aome  of 
eiqireaaed  in 
be  aeen  how 
taxiag.  Th« 
the'<HeQl«ir 

rii  s,  isar. 

rery  thoofhty 
re  Hiapeao% 
Is  indeodma 
■  to  bc«r  thia 


trial  of  s«|M.raUon,  and  it  should,  and,  I  trust,  will  t«aoh 
us  how  utterly  unable  wo  are  to  do  any  thing  of  our>  «, 
but  that  Ills  grace  is  sufHoient  for  us.'* 

•'  •iTsofa,'  at  «M,  ApHi  4, 1  ear. 

**  You  vUl  be  ghtd  to  hear  that  I  leave  Kngland  with- 
out a  kingli)  letter  unanswered.  I  think  I  must  hare  writ* 
ten  nearly  fifty  since  I  saw  you ;  but  this,  you  know,  is 
no  new  thing.  How  I  shall  dwell  with  delight  on  the 
oommunion  between  you  and  L  Live,  both  of  you, 

in  the  oonstant  spirit  of  prayer.  Do  every  thing  with 
prayer  (lowing  fVom  your  hearts.  In  your  going  out, 
and  in  your  coming  in — whatnver  yon  do,  let  a  little  fer- 
vent, though  silent,  prayer  ascend  to  His  ear,  who  never 
reftisos  to  listen  to  us.  This  is  not,  as  some  would  toll  ns, 
gloom  and  melancholy.  Who  iih-who  can  be  so  cheer- 
ful as  the  Christian  ?  None.  He  has  a  peace  which  the 
world  can  neither  give  nor  take  away.  Dwell  as  much 
as  possible,  hi  your  readbg,  on  the  very  wonderftil  scheme 
of  redemption  by  Christ,  a  soheme  which  none  but  God 
could  have  devised.  Continue,  as  you  now  do,  to  weigh 
every  verse  of  Scripture  which  you  read,  and  you  wUl 
find  new  beauties,  and  new  prooft  of  the  tender  mercies 
of  God  displayed  in  the  atonemen*  of  the  Saviour,  as 
you  proceed  with  thia  delightftd  study.  Yon  are  quite 
right  in  snppoabig  yon  will  have  diflcnlties ;  but  uko 
your  Bible  in  your  hand,  and  see  if  the  whole  New  Tea- 
taflMDt  does  not  predict  the  very  thing  which  you  may 
be  experiencing.  Therelbre,  be  of  good  cheer,  OKtd  w^ 
be  with  yon,  you  need  not  fear  who  is  against  yon. 
Weigh  flneqnentiy  in  your  mind  the  enormous  dispropor- 
tion which  exists  between  tima  and  eternity,  and  how 
lighter  than  nothing  will  all  the  little  triflea  appear  to 
yon,  with  whi^  we  ara  so  qit  to  t«Mt  mumi^im,^^  ... 


I 


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MBCOnM  09* 


IV 


I  am  (Atii  )  oa  wUl  And  m«  •  tnnr*  nnrMd  nuMi  tkui 
•▼•r,  for  I  do  not  mm  •  ohMioa  of  my  b«ing  able  to  r««d 
•07  book  but  ona,  our  book,  M«  book.  It  ia  MtonUhliifr 
how  Tttrjr  Uttio  I  h«T«  r«»d  on  the  expoditions.  Ignorant 
people  imac^ine  we  have  euol  <\  qaantitj  of  leburo  time, 
but  I  ha\o  never  found  the  lijr  long  enough  for  all  I 
wlahed  to  do." 

»  '*Oood  IViday,  April  18,  1887.  On  thU  day  laut  year, 
T  wrote  my  Ntt«r  to  Lord  Melville,  |>ro|)oaing  thia  eip- 
dition.  It  t;  ae  an  eventAil  day  ;  oooui»led,  1  well  remem- 
ber, in  writing  my  letter,  and  making  every  thing  about 
!♦  an  oomp*sie  «•  '  cf>uld.  To^ay,  though  now  employetl 
on  the  '  t  I  xp* ', !'  >n  I  waa  then  ao  anxioua  for,  I  have 
been  oat  riry  m  turn  my  thonghta  to  a  much  more 
import?  .;  3Tont,  I  mean  the  oruolflxlon  of  our  bleaaed 
Savlc        J  on  tlila  day.'*  .  «j. 

The  voyage  to  Hammerfoiit,  in  Norwaj,  was  effected 
eMily,  with  fair  wiuda.  In  thia  harbor  they  remained 
■ome  tim(},  for  the  purpose  of  obtainiug  reindeer,  whioli 
they  hoped  might  be  uaeiUl  in  dragging  the  boats  over 
the  ice.*  Leaving  Hammerfeet,  they  arrived,  on  the 
12th  of  May,  off  the  ahoros  of  Spitsbergen,  where  a 
long  and  vexatious  delay  awaited  them.  To  provide 
for  the  safety  of  the  ship,  as  well  as  that  of  the  boats 
on  their  retorn,  it  was  absolutely  necessary  to  find  a 
safe  harbor,  in  which  the  •'  Heola,"  with  her  diminished 
<:naw,  might  be  left,  and  the  boat  expedition  know 
where  to  rejoin  her.  Several  convenient  bays  were 
passed,  bat  all  their  efforts  to  reach  them  proved  inof 
feotual,  from  the  laige  fields  of  thick  ice  which  pressed 

*  TlMSt  rsiodee'  wora  not  «mplojred,  In  oonaaqoenoo  of  th«  ragged 
■atw*  of  the  lot^  «•  daaeribad  harwilVer. 


IWHMMtMWMHii 


inrMtl  Ruui  tliAn 
•ing  abl*  to  nikd 
It  ia  MtonUhliig 
litiona.  Ignoruit 
f  of  leUnro  time, 
enough  for  all  1 

liU  <Uy  Inot  yeMr, 
|)oalng  thia  eip- 
ud,  1  woll  rotneni' 
very  thing  about 
;h  now  employe<l 
iiloua  for,  I  hnvo 
to  t  much  more 
in  of  our  bleM«(t 

.     ,    -  _,    ..     .:-,^ 

raj,  was  effected 
r  tbey  remained 
;  reindeer,  which 
g  the  boats  over 
arrived,  on  the 
>ergen,  where  a 
11.  To  provide 
bat  of  the  boata 
caaniy  to  find  a 
1  her  diminished 
cpddition  know 
lient  bays  were 
sm  proved  inof 
le  which  pressed 


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olowly  on  tbi  sbore.    So  tantalizing  was  tbia  unlocked- 
for  hindrance  to  the  departure  of  the  boats,  that  Parry 
was  tempted,  more  than  once,  to  give  up  thi  thoughts 
of  seeing  the  "  Hecla"  safe  in  harbor  before  leaving ; 
but,  perhaps  fortunately  for  all,  the  rough  state  of  the 
ice  to  the  northward  rendered  it  impossible  for  the 
men  to  make  any  progress  with  the  boats.    More  than 
a  month  was  thus  lost  in  the  attempt  to  find  an  ac- 
cessible anchorage,  when,  at  length,  Treurenberg  Bay 
presented  itself,  in  all  respects  suitable  for  their  purposa 
"  I  can  not,"  writes  Parry,  "  describe  the  satia&otion, 
which  the  information  of  our  success  communicated  to 
every  individual  on  board.    The  main  object  of  our 
enterprise  now  appeared  ahnost  within  our  grasp,  and 
every  body  seemed  anxious  to  make  up,  by  renewed 
exertions,  for  the  time  we  had  unavoidably  lost" 
The  ship  was  quickly  secured,  and  every  precaution 
taken  to  provide  agamst  the  contingency  of  her  being 
driven  to  sea  again  by  the  ice.    Lieut  FoBter  was  left 
in  charge  at  Treurenberg  Bay,  and,  all  arrangements 
being  completed,  at  five  P.M.  on  the  21st  of  Jan^  the 
two  boats, "  Enterprise  "  and  "  Endeavor,"  respectively 
commanded  by  Pajry,  and  his  lieutenant,  James  0. 
Boss,  bade  farewell  to  their  comrades  on  board  the  ship, 
and,  with  the  usual  salute  of  three  hearty  oheers,  set 
out  for  the  northward.        '    '       ^.^mm^^'-'^y^i'.^'^: 
The  boats  employed  on  this  novel  serHoe  were  fitted 
with  strong  "runners,"  Shod  with  smooth  steel,  in  the 
manner  of  a  sledge,  to  the  forepart  of  which  the  ropes 
for  dragging  the  bcAt  were  attached.    The  crew  of 
^h  consisted  of  two  officers  and  twdv6  men^  of 
whom  two  wore  tnarines,   ,|or  tl|iee,  daya  %r  ¥^ 


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188 


,ff  .mvoiM  ov  4 


w^ 


though  the  opea  water,  but  the  ioe  gndoaU  j  g»(ihei«d 
round  thera,  uutil,  ftt  length,  they  were  oompelled  to 
hanl  the  Boati  up  on  to  the  floe,  «nd  the  totiwl  labor 
of  the  ei^edition  now  oomnMOoed.  UnlflM  compelled 
by  oiroamatanoea  to  act  otherwise,  the  uraal  phu  was 
to  traTol  only  Hr  nighty  when  the  enow  waa  harder 
than  daring  the  day  time.  It  will,  however,  be  re* 
member«d  that  the  day%lit  waa  oonitant,  and  that  the 
terms  '  day '  and  '  night '  were  only  relMive ;  indeed, 
several  of  the  men  declared  they  never  knew  one  frp^ 
the  other,  during  the  whole  ezoursion.  i-  > 

'  **  When  we  roie  in  the  eveniDg,  we  oommenoed  cnr 
day  by  prayers,  after  which  we  took  off  our  fltr  sleeping 
dresses,  and  pat  on  those  for  travelling.  We  made  a 
point  of  always  patting  on  the  same  stoddngs  and  boots 
for  travelttng  in,  whether  they  dried  daring  the  day  or 
not,  and  I  believe  it  was  only  in  ive  or  six  instances,  at 
the  most,  that  they  were  not  still  wet,  or  hard  firoaon. 
Tiiis,  indeed,  was  of  no  oooseqaenoe,  beyond  the  disoom« 
fort  of  patting  them  on  in  this  state,  as  they  were  sure  to 
be  tboroagfaly  wet  in  a  quarter  of  an  hoar  after  reconi> 
nenoing  our  joumsy,  while,  od  the  other  hand,  it  was  of 
vitdimprntanee  to  keep  dry  tlungsfiNT  sleeping  b.  Being 
« rigged*  fertraTsUing,  we  brcakftsted  upon  warm  cocoa 
and  bteuit,  a9d«  after  stowing:the  tilings  in  the  boatsand 
OB^tiie  sledges,  we  sat  off  on  our  day's  jouney,  and  nsnaUy 
tiMriled  about  ive  hours,  that  stopped  an  1^  to  dine, 
and  agun  travuUed  £mr,  or  Ave,  or  even  six  MNua,  accord* 
bgto  oiramnstauoea.  After  tiiia  we  halted  for  the  nl^t,  as 
we  called  it»  though  i|  taa,  really,  aasty  in  the  Biotnfaig. 
The  boats  were  placed  close  akog^e  each  ether,  with 
their  4ema  to  the  wind,  the  s£3W  or  wet  daaved  uut  oT^ 
them,  and  the  ss^  i^aioed  over  them  as  awmnigSi    Brsry 


ioalijr  gKihered 
)  oompelled  to 
loaotaal  labor 
ilflM  oompeUed 
oftutl  pUnwM 
m  WM  haider 
lowerer,  be  re* 
It,  and  that  the 
Ifl^ve;  indeed, 
knew  one  from 


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wmmenoed  cor 
our  ftir  ileeidng 
We  made  a 
Uogi  and  boots 
ring  the  daf  or 
dx  iutanoee,  at 
or  hard  ftomi. 
ond  the  diaoom* 
tajwera  tore  to 
or  after  reoom- 
'  hand,  it  was  of 
Bpfaigin.  Being 
ponwarm  ooooa 
In  the  boat!  and 
fney^aBdnMally 
wl^MirtocUne, 
lxhoan,aoeord- 
lfbr«henighf»aa 
in  tlw  moning; 
MMh  other,  frith 
lebared  ovto^ 
wninga.    Srerf 


■n  w.  I.  PAsnT. 


iil 


man  then  immediatelj  put  on  drjr  itocldngs  and  fyir  boots, 
after  which  we  aet  aboot  the  neceanrj  repairs  of  boats, 
sledges,  and  clothes,  and  went  to  sapper.  Most  of  the 
officers  and  men  then  smoked  their  pipes,  wliioh  serred 
to  drj  the  boats  and  awnings  very  modi,  and  nsnally 
raised  the  temperature  of  oar  lodgings  ten  or  llfteen  de- 
grees.**  •■  ,  ,t^._„:'^;.;r»:  .J     .a^j^    )_  ,••'  nJ   „,u).fM  ^y^**^ 

Tliifl,  it  may  be  remarked,  was  the  onlj  part  of  their 
claily  occupation  in  whi  ib  Parry  himself  took  no  share. 
He  used  often  to  relate,  that,  when  the  oihen  prodnoed 
their  pipes,  he  was  wont  to  regale  himself  with  the 
scent  of  a  bottle  of  eau  de  Cologne,  to  wbieh  in  oonse* 
quenoe,  the  men  gave  the  name  of  "the  captain's  pipe." 

**This  twrt  of  the  twenty-foW  hoars**  (the  narrative 
oontbnes)  **  was  often  a  time,  and  tiie  onl  j  time,  of  real 
e^joymant  to  ns ;  the  men  tdd  their  stories,  and  *fi}aght ' 
aU  their  battles  o'er  again,*  and  the  hOKin  of  the  day,  on- 
sooeeasf  4  as  they  too  often  were,  were  forgotten.  A 
regofav  wateh  wis  set^  daring  oar  resting  tiose,  to  look 
oat  Ibr  bean,  or  for  the  ice  breaklBg  op  aroond  as,  aa 
Wdl  as  to  attend  to  the  dryfaig  of  the  ^hHlies,  eaoh  man 
alternate  taking  this  da^  for  an  hoar.  We  then  eon- 
di^M  oar  di^  with  prayers,  and  having  pot  on  ow  for 
dresses,  ky  down  to  ileep  wkh  a  dap—  of  oemfott, 
whidi  perin^  fow  perMms  wonld  hnaghM  poaAla  nador 
sneh  eireamstaneea,  oar  diisf  hMoaTflo&snee  beii^,  that 
we  wd»  aeoMwhat  pinoked  fori<oom,'aad  tbsrsfoi*  wire 
<%Mged  to  stew  rather  etoeer  thanrwal  sgrueaMsb  After 
we  hdl  slepC  savsa  boars^  the  man  appotatad  to  beU  the 
eoeea  fonaed  ne^  when;  it  waa  r«a^  b7  the  soond  of  a 
bagle,  whan  weeomnMiiAadoav'dayhi  thai 
desttibed.^' '  v/ 


iiii 


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190 


lamom  ov 


The  rottgh  naturo  of  tbo  ioe,  oombined  with  th« 

Boftneu  of  its  upper  Bur&oe,  rendered  each  day's 

work  very  tedious  and  laborious.    Often,  their  way 

lay  OYor  small  loose  rugged  masses,  separated  by  little 

pools  of  water,  obliging  them  constantly  to  launch 

and  haul  up  the  boats,  each  of  which  operations  re* 

quired  them  to  be  unloaded,  and  occupied  nearly  a 

quarter  of  an  hour.    More  than  once,  they  were  up* 

wordfi  of  two  hours  in  advancing  one  hundred  yards, 

and  the  snow  was  often  so  soft  as  to  take  them  above 

their  knees  at  every  step,  so  that  they  were  sometimes 

five  minuter  together  in  moving  a  single  empty  boat 

with  the  united  strength  of  the  whole  party,  and  the 

men,  in  dragging  the  sledges,  were  obliged  to  crawl 

on  all-fours,  to  make  any  progress  at  all    In  parts, 

the  ice  was  composed,  on  its  upper  surfitoe,  of  irregular 

needle-like  crystals,  which,  becoming  loosened  by  the 

thaw,  rendered  it  very  fktiguing  to  walk  over,  besideii 

cutting  the  soles  of  the  boots,  on  which  aooount  the 

men  called  it  "  pen-kni&  ice."    In  all  this  troublesome 

work  Parry  took  an  active  lead.    Whenever  the  boats 

landed  on  a  floe,  be  and  Ross  used  to  walk  on  ahead 

to  select  the  best  road.    On  amving  at  any  p<nnt  of 

more  than  usual  difficulty,  fhey  would  mount  one  of 

>  the  highest  "  hummocks"  near,  to  obtain  a  better  pros* 

v^  ■    ,  ,■    : 

**KotUng  oould  wall  ezoeed  the  dreariness  wUoh  sodi 
a  view  presented.  The. eye  wearied  itself  in  vsb  to  And- 
'any  ol^  but  ice  and  sky  to  rest  upon.  From  want  of 
variety,  the  most  trifling  dronmstaneo  engaged  a  more 
than  ordinaqLshare  of  onr  attention,  a  passing  gnll,  or  a 
mass  of  ioe  oF  uaosaai  form,  became  objects  whidi  onr, 


m  w.  a,  txsMr. 


101 


ned  with  th« 
d  each  day's 
m,  their  way 
rated  by  little 
Uy  to  laapoh 
operations  re- 
ipied  nearly  a 
they  were  up- 
undred  yards, 
:e  them  above 
ere  Bometimos 
le  empty  boat 
[)arty,  and  the 
liged  to  crawl 
aU.  In  parts, 
oe,  of  irregular 
oeened  by  the 
:  over,  besideA 
lb  aoooont  tlie 
is  troablesome 
lever  the  boats 
walk  on  ahead 
i  any  point  of 
mount  one  of 
1  ft  better  proa- 

aesBwliioliBadi 
rinvabtoflnd 
From  want  of 
ingagad  a  more 
MiiBg  guU,  or  a 
leotswhidi  our, 


situation  and  oironmstaooos  magnified  into  ridiouioiu 
importance,  and  we  have  linoe  often  smiled  tu  remember 
the  eager  interest,  with  which  we  regarded  the  motit 
insignifloant  oocurrence8.'Vt,,    ...5  „ ,  ,  ,.     '     .•    p-.^i*    (J 

In  the  course  of  one  day's  travelling,  the  only  notice 
of  animal  life  consisted  in  their  having  "heard  a 
rotge,"*  while,  at  another  time,  a  couple  of  small  flies 
upon  the  ice,  wore  5?.  event  in  the  day's  journey  con- 
sidered worthy  of  notice.  It  may  well  be  imagined, 
then,  how  cheering  it  was,  to  "  turn  irom  this  scene  of 
inanimate  desolation  to  the  two  I'^le  boats  in  the 
distance,  to  see  the  moving  figures  of  the  men  wind- 
ing with  their  sledges  among  the  hummocks,  and  to 
hear,  once  more,  the  sound  of  human  voices  breaking 
the  stillness  of  this  icy  widemess." 

Urged  on  by  the  example  of  their  commander,  the 
men,  in  spite  of  all  these  discouragements,  labored 
with  the  greatest  cheerfulness  and  good  wilL  All 
hoped,  and  none  more  oonfldenfly  than  Parry  himself, 
that  the  rugged  ice,  over  which  they  were  now  toiling, 
would  prove  but  the  introduction  to  the  smooth  con- 
tinuous plain  of  the  main  ice,  which  the  accounts  of 
former  navigators  had  led  them  to  expect  to  the  nortly 
of  Spitzbeigen.  Day  after  day,  however,  went  on,' 
and  no  signs  of.  improvement  were  visible  for  some 
distance  to  the  northward,  when  it  became,  l^  degrees, 
painAtily  evident  to  bptii  the  commander  and  his 
ofBoeni,  that  another  obstacle  to  the  completion  of 
their  purpose  had  unexpectedly  arisen.  This  consisted 

•  4i|MiH«i«irAntf»tiMottmrwJwkiiwraMth*''!hfoA9^ 


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in  the  loatherlj  drift  of  the  whole  bodj  of  ioe^  orer 
which  they  were  Uboiiooaly  traoking  thdr  way,  owing 
to  the  wind,  which  blew  ilaedily  from  the  north  or 
north-west  The  obeerrntioos  carefhlly  naede,  %t  the 
doM  of  each  day's  hard  work,  showed  too  dearly 
that  often  less  than  half  of  the  aotoal  distance  tra-  ^ 
veiled  conld  be  regarded  as  t>rogress  in  a  northerly 
direction.  This  mortifyiug  truth  was,  for  some  time^ 
kept  ftom  the  knowledge  of  the  men,  who  used,  how> 
ever,  good*humoredly  to  remark  that  they  were  "  a 
long  time  getting  to  this  88«t*"  For  a  Aw  days 
more  they  persevered,  in  the  face  of  heavy  snow- 
storms, and  torrents  of  rain,  which  Parry  had  never 
seen  equalled,  but,  the  drift  of  the  ice  continuing  as 
great  as  ever,  he  was,  at  length,  compelled  to  oonOns 
that,  Airther  labor  were  uadess.  Between  the  22d 
and  26th  of  July,  they  had  dragged  the  boats  only  ten 
or  twelve  miles,  and  were,  after  all,  actually  three 
milea  southward  of  the  point  they  had  reached  on  the 
first  of  thead  days.  "In  &ct,"  says  the  author  of 
"Voyages  within  the  Arctic  Begiona^"  "the  com- 
xoandor  <tf  the. expedition,  the  offtoers  and  men,  had, 
all  of  them,  been  laboriotidy  and  usdessly  employed 
for  thirty-five  days  of  oontinuous  and  moat  fiitig«dng 
drudgery,  to  be  compared  in  its  effect  to  notfiiag  less 
1^  the  kbor  of  rdling  the  stone  of  ^uyphna^  the 
floe  on  which  they  wen  traveming,  as  thjey  mpponed, 
t^  or  twelve  mOea  one  day,  having  rolled  tham  bade 
again  ten  or  twdve  mileib  and  oAen  more^  tiie  aezt" 
One  day's  real  waa  git«n,  for  the  men  to  wash  and 

•  Oa  nmUv  «•  fMriW  or  es*  V.  IML,  «lM  «itt4illM  wiibU  taw 
bm  MrffOtd  to  •  mnid  or  lOOOl,  bf  (Mw  ia 


mmmti 


idj  of  ioe^  orer 
beir  way,  owing 
a  the  north  or 
[j  made,  tA  the 
red  too  dearly 
al  distance  tra-^ 
in  a  northerly 
for  aome  time, 
irho  naed,  how- 
I  they  were  "  a 
or  a  Aw  days 
f  heavy  snow- 
any  had  never 
B  continning  as 
sUed  to  oonfiNs 
tween  the  22d 
B  boats  only  ten 

actually  three 
reached  OQ  the 
the  author  of 
la^"  "the  com- 
I  and  men,  had, 
tessly  employed 

moat  fitigcdng 
b  to  notfuag  less 
f  ^itjjibxm,  <he 

Qed  thim  back 


Sn  W.  a.  FABBT. 


19S 


mend  thoir  clothes,  while  the  oiBoers  occupied  them* 
selvoa  in  making  observations  in  the  highest  latiturle 
which  had  ever  been  reached,  namely,  82*  40'  28".* 
At  this  extreme  point  of  their  journey,  their  distance 
from  the  "Heola,"  after  five  weeks*  travel,  was  only 
172  miles,  to  accomplish  which  they  had  travelled  up* 
wards  of  290  miles  with  the  boats.  Including,  how* 
ever,  the  joumeyings  backwards  and  forwards  with 
the  atores,  they  reckoned  the  whole  distance  over 
which  they  had  gone  at  about  660  statute  miles, 
"  being  nearly  sufficient  to  have  reached  the  Pole  in  a 
direct  line." 

It  was  now  the  27th  of  July ;  the  day  was  warm 
and  pleasant,  forming  a  cheerfhl  contrast  to  the 
weather  they  had  lately  experienced.  "  Our  ensigns 
and  pendants,"  Parry  writes,  "were  displayed  dur* 
ing  the  day,  and,  sincerely  as  we  regretted  not  having 
been  able  to  hoist  the  British  flag  in  the  highest  lati* 
tode  to  which  we  had  aspired,  we  shall  p  ( h^ps  be 
excused  having  Iblt  some  little  pride,  in  wct'-t^  the 
bearers  of  it  to  a  parallel  considerably  beyond  that 
mentioned  in  any  well-authentioated  record.** 

"Between  S  and  9  PJf.  on  the  S7th  July,  hi  holtade 
IS*  N.,**  (he  wrote,  in  a  short  note  addressed  to  his  wlfo 
M  the  ^ot,)  "we  dfaied,  with  our  flags  flyii^  hi  both 
bonls^  and  after  dfaner,  when  I  had  given  'the  nag, 
God  bless  himt*  as  a  toast  to  be  drunk  with  tr-muil 
extra  aUowaoioe  of  grog,  ojpr  Mend  Ross  desired  to  gtfe 
a  toaat^'lln.  Fanyt*    Need  I  say  thai  H  itm  ei^ 


«  TiM  b^  Iteoii  Mlii«li7  NMiMd  ta  iita  «spt^Jlloa 


usaii 


Mttiii 


104 


•'CBBMOIM  or 


I' 


•iMtiodly  drunk,  with  three  timM  three  f  The  •eijoant 
of  niMince,  •  very  line  fellow,  then  begged  to  pmpoeo 
the  hedth  of  Sir  John  BtMilfy,  tin  of  Mr.  StuUoy, 
whoM  prayen,  he  wm  lure,  hod  been  fervently  offirud 
up  for  our  (»fety.  .  .  .  I  wn  eure  you  will  value  thb 
little  MMOunt,  written  under  auob  oirounutauoee,  even 
though  fio<  At  the  Pole.**         ,  ,„    , 


-+ 


The  next  day,  at  balfpant  four  in  the  afternoon, 
*hey  aet  out  on  their  return  to  the  louthward,  and  the 
oonunander  of  the  expedition  spoke  the  feelings  of  the 
whole  party,  in  remarking  that,  "dreary  and  cheerless 
aa  were  the  soones  they  were  about  to  leave,  they  never 
toned  homewards  with  so  Utile  satisflMtion  as  on  this 
ooQAsion." 

Tb#  aoutiierly  drift  of  the  ioe,  which  had  before 
rataidad  their  advance,  was  now,  of  course,  in  their 
fl^Tor,  but  the  actual  difficulties  of  each  day  were  the 
same  aa  ever,  and  the  men  suflbred  moob  ftom  snow- 
blindness  and  chilblains,  which  lairt  betftme  serioua 
ftom  the  irritation  produced  by  walking,  and  made 
some  of  them  quite  lame.  Some  excitement  waa 
oanaed  one  day  by  the  nght  of  a  bear,  who,  howerer, 
eaoaped,  to  the  great  disappointment  of  the  hungry 
tnyellaa,  as  they  "had  abready,  by  anticipation,  con- 
signed a  tolerable  portion  of  his  flesh  to  their  cooking 
kettie,  over  a  flie  of  his  own  blubber."  To  make  up 
fbr  the  loss,  however,  another  bear  w«i  killed  by' 
lieat  Ross  a  ftiw  days  afterwards,  when  a  laughable 
■oene  enaued.  "The  animal  had  liaxdly  done  biting 
the  snow,  when  one  of  the  men  was  alongside  of  him 
witii  an  open  knifo,  and,  being-  aaked  what  he  wm 
aboirt  to  do,  replied  that  he  was  gmng  to  have  some 


ttmrniim 


•IB  w.  a.  wAuur. 


\W 


Tho  Mijoant 
{•d  to  pnipoio 
(  Mr.  StuUoy, 
irventljr  offlmiil 
wlU  Yftlaa  thiH 
nutAuoflC,  •ven 

the  afteraooh, 
kward,  and  the 
feelings  of  the 
f  and  oheerleaa 
ave,  they  never 
stion  at  on  thii 

ioh  had  before 
oone,  in  their 
h  day  were  the 
oh  from  snow- 
[)e(Sunae  serious 
ing,  and  made 
ixditenient  was 
who,  howerer, 
of  the  hungry 
itidpatioD,  oon* 
o^tu&t  oooldng 
To  oAke  up 
waa  kiUed  by' 
on  a  laughable 
cDy  done  biting 
iongside  of  him 
i  what  he  wiu 
ig  to  have  some 


of  him  to  put  into  the  pot,  which  happened  to  Iw 
boiUng  for  supper.  In  short,  before  the  boor  hod  bwn 
dead  un  hour,  all  handa  were  employed  in  disouming 
the  merits  of  his  flesh."  This  sumptuous  feast  wom 
followed  by  the  evils  of  indigeiition,  as  fhr  os  the  men 
were  concerned ;  which  they,  amusingly  enough,  per- 
sistod  in  attributing  to  tho  quality,  mthcr  than  the 
quantity  of  tlio  meat  they  bad  boon  eating.  Notwith- 
standing theae  exccMics  ot  first,  Parry  was  really  gUd 
of  this  additional  supply  of  moat,  having  observed 
for  some  time  that  the  men  were  not  so  strong  as 
before,  and  would  be  the  better  for  more  food.  An* 
other  bear,  attracted  by  the  fire,  was  wounded,  bat 
"  luckily  for  us,"  he  remarks,  "  escap«l.'» 

Tho  southward  Journey  over  the  ice  occupied  a 
fortnight,  when,  at  a  quarter  before  seven  in  the  morn- 
ing of  the  nth  of  August,  they  heard,  for  the  flrat 
time  for  seven  weeks,  the  sound  of  the  swell  of  tho 
open  sea,  daihing  with  heavy  surges  against  the  outer 
margin  of  tho  ice;  and,  in  another  hour,  the  boat* 
were  again  flurly  afloat  On  arriving  at  Table  Island, 
where  proviaiona  hod  been  deposited  for  their  i«tum, 
they  found  that  the  bea»  had  eaten  all  the  bre«d, 
which  occasioned  a  remark  among  the  men,  in  reform 
enoe  to  the  quantity  of  the  flesh  of  those  animala  they 
had  eaten,  that "  Broin  is  only  square  with  ua  I "  la 
saiUng  to  Walden  Island,  the  boats  were  oaught.in  a 
■evere  gale  aud  snow-storm ;  and  when,  after  i«aohing 
the  ialandf  they  were  unloaded,  the  officers  and  m«D, 
who  had  been  flfty-aix.  hours  without  reat,  had  baivly 
strength  left  to  haul  them  on  shore.  Ad^waa^MMt 
upon  the  island  to  xttaft^  Uhe  strength  of  the  party; 


r* 


•  t 


100 


nmotM  or 


f 


when  thoy  nrtmUrked,  and,  aftw  ionie  few  d«y«  of 
bod  wwklher,  flnally  •rrivod  ftt  Twurmbcrg  liny,  ol 
halfpMt  four  P.M.  on  tho  2 lit  Angiwt,  aftor  an  at)- 
msnot  ol  lixty-one  daya,  and  were  met  with  that  wann 
woloome  fVom  all  on  l)oanl  the  "Hecla,"  which,  aa 
Pairy  truly  Maya,  *'  oan  alone  be  folt  and  not  deaoribed." 
Oonatdering  the  conitant  expoauro  to  wet,  cold,  and 
htiguo,  the  whole  party  were  In  good  health,  though 
all  had,  for  aome  time  paat,  become  gradually  weak 
and  thin,  the  day'a  allowance  having  prored  barely 
aaffioient  ftir  perK>na  engaged  in  tho  oonalant  and 
aerere  labor  to  which  they  bad  been  expoaed. 

On  the  18th  of  Auguat  the  "  Heola"  weighed  anchor 
for  BngUnd,  but  waa  ao  long  delayed  on  the  north 
oottrt  of  SootlMid  by  contrary  winda,  that  Parry  left 
her  anohorod  at  the  Orkneya,  and  proceeded,  in  H.  M. 
rarenua  cutter,  the  "  Ohioheater,**  to  Invemeaa,  and 
thence  by  land  to  London,  where  he  loat  no  time  in 
laying  before  Hia  Royal  Uighne«  the  Duke  of  Olar 
reooe,  then  Lord  High  Admiral,  a  report  of  hia  pro- 
oaedingi.  By  a  remarksble  coinddenoe,  Captain 
Franklitt  retamed  from  hia  Polar  Expedition  along 
the  north  ooaat  of  America  el  the  aame  time,  landing 
at  Llrerpool  on  tlM  aame  dey  that  Parry  reached 
InTemeaa.  They  arriTed  al  the  Admiral^  within  ten 
minatta  of  each  other,  and  moat  Joyful  waa  thla  unex- 
peeled  meeting  between  the  two  frienda. 

••^dbn<nil<y,  Stpitmbtr  90, 1M7. 
*•  You  wlU  be  deHghted  to  know  that  the  Doke  aad 
the  Admiralty  have  reoeiTed  me  moat  waraly,  and  I 
have  already  reoelYed  a  letter  from  the  Secretary,  ex* 


,-    t. 


iiiiiiMll 


0  few  day*  of 
nborg  Kay,  at 
It,  aflor  an  ab- 
rith  that  warm 
la,"  which,  as 
Dot  deioribed." 
wet,  oold,  and 
health,  though 
i^radaaUy  w«ak 
proTed  barely 

oooalant  and 
powd. 
reighed  anohor 

OB  the  nofth 
ihat  Parry  left 
wdod,  in  H.  M. 
InvemoM,  and 
oat  no  time  in 

1  Duke  of  Ola- 
ort  of  hie  pro- 
lenoe,  Captain 
:peditioa  along 
B  time,  landing 
Parry  reached 
ralty  within  ten 

was  thla  unex- 

nttr  S9, 1M7. 
i  the  Duke  and 
wamly,  and  I 
e  Seoretary,  ei^ 


•in  W.  M,  rABBT. 


197 


preMing  bia  Royal  iIighn«M*s  latlilkotion  at  our  eier- 
tiona.  The  Duks  hlntMlf  pro|K)Mcl  to  me  a  fortnight's 
leave  of  abMOoe,  wliioh  I  have  got •• 

LeU-r  from  Lord  MvlviOt  to  Captain  W.  E.  Parry. 

**Jli(ititm  Oa$tU,29tMkpt«mb«r,l»i1. 
**Mt  Dbab  Hik:  Though  you  have  not  snoooodod 
In  the  aohiov«mont  of  the  main  object  of  your  expedi- 
tion, It  ha«,  certainly,  ooen  fioin  no  want  of  the  moet 
estraordinary  exertion*  on  the  part  of  yourteli;  ami  your 
boat's  crews.  Yoii  may,  probably,  have  porfloivoU  that 
I  was  never  very  sanguine  as  to  the  roault  of  the  ot- 
tempt,  and  I  am  not  surprised,  therefore,  that  the 
obstacles  proved  to  bo  of  such  a  nature  as  even  jfou 
oould  not  overcome.  I  rejoice  greatly  at  the  safe  return 
of  the  'Ilecla*  and  her  orew,  uid  I  have  the  honor  to 
remain,  my  dear  sir,  etc, 

'     *     "Maf<yiu.B." 

Owing  to  the  oontinoance  of  nnthorly  winds,  iha 
"Hoola"  did  ndt  arrive  in  the  Thames  till  the  6th  of 
October.  On  the  17th,  the  Lord  High  Admiral  in* 
speoted  hor,  as  well  as  the  boata  which  had  been  em* 
ployed  on  the  late  expedition  over  the  ice.  On  the 
1st  of  November  the  ship  wai  pud  ofl^  and,  for  the 
last  time,  Parry  hauled  down  his  pendant  The  at- 
tempt to  reach  the  Pole  had,  it  ia  true,  been  nnsucooes- 
ful,  but  it  was  still  an  enterprise,  of  which  all  engaged 
in  it  might  well  Ibol  proud.  "No  snooessor  on  tiie 
path  of  Arotio  adventure  has  yet  snatched  the  ohaplet 
firom  the  brow  of  this  great  navigator.  Parry  ia  still 
the  champiofn  of  the  n<»th.''*    At  ihia  day,  through 

•  TbM%  Jumry  N,  liSS. 


5^^- 


ti: 


Ifl  MRUOina  or 

the  graceful  compliment  of  reoent  navigaton,!  the 
land  nearest  either  pole,  on  which  the  eye  of  civilized 
man  has  ever  rested,  bears  the  name  of  him  who  un* 
furled  his  country's  flag  at  a  higher  latitude  than  any, 
before  or  since,  have  been  able  to  reach. 

Immediately  after  his  first  interview  with  the  Duke 
of  Clarence,  and  while  the  "Hecla  "  was  still  detained 
in  the  north.  Parry,  having  obtained  leave  of  absence, 
left  London,  and  repaired  to  Alderley.  His  arrival 
was  expected,  and  at  Monk's  Heath,  a  short  distance 
from  the  Park,  where  the  mail  stopped,  he  was  met  by 
a  large  concourse  of  persons,  headed  by  the  Rev.  E. 
Stanley,  and  other  members  of  his  wife's  fiunily,  who, 
with  a  iarge  body  of  Sir  John  Stanley's  tenantry,  had 
come  thus  far  to  salute  him  on  his  return.  "  By  this 
time,"  he  writes,  "  the  people  in  the  mail  had  found 
me  out,  and  really  this  meeting,  under  such  circum- 
stances, was  quite  overcoming."  Thus,  amidst  marry 
peals  fix)m  the  tower  of  Alderley  Church,  and  the  flying 
of  guns,  he  reached  the  Park.  About  three  hours 
afterwards,  Mrs.  Parry  arrived  from  Sir  John's  seat, 
Penrhfis,  in  Wales.  She  had  received  the  tidings  of 
her  husband's  safe  return  on  her  journey  homewards, 
^ittle  anticipating,  when  she  set  cut,  the  joyfbl  meet- 
ing which  awaited  her. 

The  fortnight's  leave  over,  he  was  obliged  to  retain 
to  town,  and  soon  afterwards  paid  a  visit  to  Prince 
Leopold,  at  Olaremont,  to  which  the  following  letter 
refers: 

f  Th«  Tanr  Ifoantalni  w«»  ditoorand  by  Bb  J.  ft  Ibm,  ia  th* 
AntaratA  Ba^OD%  in  1841,  ud  thtiiBM  »«■»•»■•  gW«B  ^  Dr.X•n^. 
in  1863  to  »  mTimtain  vi^la  to  the  north  of  Smith  Boond. 


T; 


mif,y,:^:-:-,.,^>--'y;i-^-r-\^  :>.ii.i,;j-.-*.^^l,l..:.>.'-.iVrMiniiMrni»rtl 


igaton,t  the 
)  of  civilized 
him  who  un- 
ide  than  any, 

• 

ith  the  Duke 

Btill  detained 

e  of  absence, 

Hia  arrival 

bort  distance 

e  was  met  by 

J  the  Bev.  E. 

fiunily,  who, 

tenantry,  had 

n.    "  By  this 

il  had  found 

such  oiroum- 

imidst  merry 

and  the  firing 

three  hoora 

John's  seat, 

he  tidings  of 

J  homewards, 

joyfbl  meet* 

iged  to  retom 
fiit  to  Piinoe 
[lowing  letter 


.  a  Bom,  ia  th« 
tvtalvDr.JCMM^ 
ioond. 


'•"il 


■IN  W.  a.  rARRY. 


190 


"Olaremont  is  aoharming  place,  and  I  enjoyed  mysolf 

extremely I  must  not  forget  the  Uttle  prinoota 

Vlotoria.  She  is  what  you  would  call  a  very  dear  and 
lovable  ohild,  with  manuors  so  ladylike  and  superior, 
that  you  would  know  her,  at  onoe,  to  be  something  moro 
than  an  ordbary  girl,  and  yet  possessing  all  the  innocent 
playAibess  and  simplicity  of  a  child.  She  and  her  mother 
sat  down  quietly  to  the  piano  yesterday,  after  breakfast, 
and  sang,  with  remarkable  sweetness  and  taste,  some 
beautlAil  Qerman  duets,  and  some  Tyrolese  ah^  which  I 
had  not  heard  before." 

In  the  automa  of  the  yea^  after  his  return  from 
Spitaborgen,  he  spent  a  brief  holiday,  snatched  fh>m 
the  dutiM  of  the  hydrographer'a  office,  in  a  short  trip 
to  the  Oontinent  His  nephew,  the  Bev.  Thomas  Oar- 
nier,  who  waa  hit  companion,  remembers  well  "  the  in^ 
terest  which  hla  presence  everywhere  excited,  and  the 
eager  rush,  at  points  where  it  waa  known  he*  was  to 
appear,  to  catch  even  a  passing  glimpse  of  the  English 
Arctic  navigator.  At  Ptais,  he  waa  anxiously  sought 
out  by  all  the  diatinguiahed  men  who  happened  to  be 
there,  and  he  regretted  much,  that  the  shortness  of  his 
stay  rendeied  it  impossible  to  avail  himself  of  more  Qf 
the  flattering  invitationa  he  received.  One  evening 
was  spent  with  the  venerable  Ouvier,  at  whose  table 
he  firand  himself  aunroaiidfld  by  a  brilliant  drole,  chief- 
ly ooiftpoaed  of  members  of  the  Boyal  Instituts  of 
France."  At  the  pwrtioular  requeat  of  the  late  kingof 
the  French,  then  Duke  of  Orleans,  he  paid  a  visit  to 
the  Ohfttaau  of  Keoilly,,  whne  he  waa  treated  with  the 
utmoat  honor,  the  Duke  alladiag  paitloalarly,  and  with 
evident  ibiUng^  to  the  kiadneasliii  biother,  the  Oomt« 


MMKOXM  or 

de  Beai\jolaia,  had  fomierlj  reoeived  from  Dr.  Parrjr 
at  Bath.  In  ihe  ooone  of  a  walk  through  the  grounds, 
"  Mademoiielle,"  the  Duke's  aurter,  proposed  a  boat  ex- 
pedition on  the  lake,  and  playAilly  suggested  that  the 
party  should  consider  themselves  embarked,  under  the 
command  of  Captain  Parry,  in  an  attempt  to  reach  the 
North  Pole  i  On  returning  to  the  house,  the  Duchess 
presented  her  children  to  li^  and,  for  upwards  of  half 
ap  hour,  he  was  occupied  in  answering  their  eager 
qu«tbns  about  his  voyages.  "  It  was,"  he  writes,  "  a 
delightftil  group,  as  they  stood  round  their  mother,  and 
I  can  never  foi^  the  sight,  associated  as  it  is  with  all 
the  ravenes  their  parents  have  suffered,  and  with  the 
events  of  the  revolution."  Doubtless  his  memory 
would  recur  to  this  scene,  when,  just  twenty  years 
afterwards^  during  his  command  at  Haslar,  the  wife  of 
one  of  these  youdlful  princes  landed  at  the  Clarence 
Yard,  a  fugitive  from  the  shores  of  France,  and  an  in- 
nocent victim  of  the  revolution,  which  had  again  driven 
her  royal  father-in-law  into  exile. 

Attentions  of  the  same  gratifying  kind  awaited  him 
everywhere,  daring  his  progress  through  Belgium  and 
Holland.  "  The  mention  of  his  name  alone,"  says  Mr. 
Qamier,  "  was  suflSoient  to  secure  for  us  ready  admis- 
sion to  every  building  of  interest,  whether  fortress, 
palace^  or  museum.  Pablio  officials  seemed  to  vie  with 
one  another  in  showing  him  xeq>ect,  and  in  no  instance 
was  his  travelling  luggage  examined,  or  even  opened, 
on  (he  various  ftontiew.  During  the  homeward  pass- 
age from  Rotterdam,  his  vigilanoe  and  skill  were  (»Iled 
into  requisition,  and  proved,  without  doubt,  the  means 
of  saving  the  steamer  and  all  on  board.    The  night 


i 


Miiiiiiiimimiiiii"*' 


tiillUmmmm 


n  Dr.  Parry 
the  grounda, 
id  a  boat  ex* 
ited  that  the 
sd,  under  the 
to  reach  the 
the  Duchess 
nrardi  of  half 
;  their  eager 
iie  writea,  "  a 
>  mother,  and 
it  is  with  all 
and  with  the 
his  memory 
iwenty  years 
r,  the  wife  of 
the  Olarence 
se,  and  an  in- 
i  again  driven 

awaited  him 
Belgium  and 
•ne,"  says  Mr. 
ready  admis- 
ther  fortress, 
ed  to  vie  with 
in  no  instance 
even  opened, 
mewardpaaih 
ill  were  <»ned 
bt,  the  means 
L  .The  night 


■iittiii 


UB  W.   B.  PABRT. 


SOI 


was  so  dark  and  tempestuous,  that  many  of  the  pas- 
sengers reftwed  to  go  below,  until  it  was  known  that 
Captain  Parry  had  resolved  to  remain  on  deck ;  and 
well  was  it  for  us  that  he  did  bo.  His  practised  eyo 
soon  discovered,  that  the  captain  had  mistaken  the 
light  on  the  Goodwin  sands  for  that  of  the  North  Fore- 
land lighthouse,  so  that  the  ship  was  rapidly  hurrying 
towards  those  terrible  shoals,  and  it  required  no  little 
firmness  on  his  own  part  to  induce  him  to  alter  her 
course." 

Shortly  after  his  return  fh)m  the  Continent,  he  un* 
derwent  a  severe  trial  in  the  very  sudden  death  of  his 
in&nt  son,  bom  soon  after  his  return  |rom  the  North, 
and  then  just  a  year  old.  He  thus  writes  at  this  time, 
in  aoknowled.^meiit  of  a  letter  of  sympathy  torn  a 
Christian  fiieij :  .  „>;. 

"Hie  blow  has  been  a  sudden  and  serere  one.  Our 
beloved  child  died  b  his  mother's  arms,  b  two  minutes 
from  the  first  seisor*!  We  were  at  first  stonned  by  this 
dispensation.  We  had  been  wrapped  up  b  this  darlbg 
ohiid— b  short,  it  was  an  idol,  and  God  saw  that,  b  the 
oreatBre,  we  had  not  sofllciently  kept  b  view  the  Crea- 
tor. We  had  bemi  broagfat  to  feel  that  it  is  bdeed  God's 
hand,  and  that  it  is  good  for  us  to  be  afllicted.  God 
grant  that  we  may  be  so  ezeroised  by  this  obastenbg, 
that  it  may  bdeed  'yield  the  peaceable  frnits  of  right- 
oonsnesst*  For  my  ^wn  part,  I  can  already  Mess  God 
that  He  has  spared  hun  all  thesb  and  suffering  hisfitthor 
has  gone  throoj^,  and  secured  his  portion  among  the 
angels  b  Heaven.'* 

And  again,  a  few  weeks  later,  after  the  additional 


m 


202 


MBMOiiu  or  " 


affliction  of  hifl  wife's  critical  illness  at  the  birth  of  ft 
second  child,  which  survived  only  a  week,  he  writes : 

**  Need  I  say  what  have  been  our  feelings  daring  all 
this  trial?  Need  I  assure  you  that  it  has  brought  ua 
much,  very  much,  nearer  to  God,  through  Christ — that 
it  has  taught  us  to  feel  more  assuredly  our  lost  state 
without  a  Saviour,  and  the  mercy,  the  infinite  lovhig- 
kindness  of  God,  hi  providbg  such  an  one  for  us  ?" 

Many  years  afterwards,  on  the  sudden  death  of  his 
sfefHlaughter'B  first  child,  he  thus  referred  to  his  own 
early  loss,  in  a  letter  to  her  husband : 

t*.  jf^r^' .   i  V.  ;t#-v«s»      **jVbr(A5rooXs,  Jbnuory,  1858.    f 

•«  I  need  not  say  how  our  thoughts  have  been 

drawn  o\it  towards  you,  and  to  our  gracious  God  for  you, 
in  this  your  hour  of  most  Intter  trial  I  know  few  thuigs 
so  hard  for  flesh  and  blood  to  bear,  as  the  loss  of  a  first 
dear  oluld.  The  experience  has  been  my  own,  a  first 
lovely  babe  taken  hi  an  instant  I  I  can  sympathise  with 
you  very  keenly  in  the  remembrance  of  that  event,  which 
has  perh^M  been  more  deeply  impressed  on  my  mmd 
than  any  other  in  my  life,  though  it  happened  four  and 
twenty  years  ago.  But  if  I  remember  the  sorrow,  I  re- 
member also  the  consolation— the  mother  still  spared, 
the  babe  with  Christ,  another  kmb  gathered  mto  the 
Saviour's  fold,  safe  for  ever,  happy  and  glorious  hi  the 
presence  of  the  Lord.  May  the  comforts  of  God's  Holy 
Spirit  be  abundantly  vouchsafed  to  f  ou,  m  thU^  the  first 
great  trial  of  your  married  life  I  It  will,  I  am  persuaded, 
draw  you  closer  to  ffim,  who  hath  given,  and  taken 
away,  and  then  yon  will  together  Ueas  Ood  for  it  to  all 
«te*Ility.^■.-'.,.:^.^r.-  V,  ^,;H-'-''    ■  '  ■'  ,-'"  '■■  ■"     ' ■"*'  '; 


■  -■■  \ 


*g.i,^i.-»iMMif)iiJtfMirMlfttiiiiiniiiiiMnii'ir^^^^^^^  'f    'mr  i*"'  '''  »»inirriii(riiH.ii 


HIU  W.  JL  VABUY. 


B  birth  of  A 
,  he  writes : 

■  daring  all 
bronght  ua 
Dhri»t— that 
ir  loat  state 
inite  lovbg- 
rusf" 

leath  of  hif 
to  his  own 


dry,  1658. 
ts  have  been 
Gk>d  for  yoOf 
w  few  tbbga 
MS  of  a  first 
own,  a  first 
ipathixe  with 
event,  which 
on  my  mind 
ed  foar  and 
sorrow,  I  re- 
still  spared, 
red  into  the 
kriqos  in  the 
r  God's  Holy 
this,  the  first 
n  persuaded, 
I,  and  taken 
d  for  it  to  ill 


CHAPTER  IX.  •  , 

* 

Appointment  ■•  CommWoner  of  tho  Aottmllan  Agrkmltunl  Oompsny 
— Hononrjr  Dagra*  at  Oxlbrd— Vorace  to  Sjdnsjr— IM  *t  Fort 
Stephen*— ImproTomrata  efltoted  In  the  Colony— Kxounioni  into  the 
Interior— Mother'*  Death— OnUdiiig  of  a  Ohuroh  at  Stnmd— Farewell 
Sermon  at  Oarrlngton— Ratum  to  England. 

•"■■•■:'■"  "'••■ ;,  •"    182ft— 1884.      '-••'• ;'  ^,  .  ■  -.* 

It  was  a  remark  of  Sir  Edward  Parry,  in  his  later 
years,  that  the  course  of  his  former  life  reminded  him 
of  a  series  of  dissolving  views,  or  the  tmoonneoted 
images  of  a  dream,  so  varied  were  the  changes,  and  so 
strange  the  contrasts  which  it  presented.  Of  this  natnro 
wa&  the  new  scene  on  which  he  was  called  to  enter  at 
this  stage  of  his  history.  The  desolate  ice-fields  of  the 
North,  and  the  dreary  polar  winter,  were  now  to  giv« 
place  to  the  luxuriant  vegetation  and  burning  suns  of 
an  almost  trc^ioal  climate,  and,  instead  of  the  compan* 
ionship  of  a  few  w«ndexbg  tribes  of  EsquinuHU^  he 
was  about  to  fix  his  abode,  for  upwards  of  four  years, 
on  the  outskirts  of  an  Auatraliaii  finest,  amongst  tiie 
convicts  and  abogrigines  of  New  Sooth  Wales. 

In  eonseqwenoe  cf  the  mismanagement  and  negtect  of 
the  agents  randent  on  the  property  of  the  Australian 


■  I      .        I  ,1.!' 


104 


MtlMOIIM  09 


■I 


Agricultural  Oompwy,*  the  directon  had,  for  Mme 
time,  been  anxloui  to  iocure  the  •enrioee  of  eome  one 
of  iufllcicnt  abUity  to  restoro  matleni  to  a  proper  foot- 
ing, and  who*  known  character  and  name  would,  at 
the  lame  time,  be  a  guarantee  against  the  evils  from 
which  they  had  bofow  luifered.  With  thcw  views 
they  offered  the  port  to  Captain,  now  Sir  Edward  Parry, 
for  he  and  Franklin  had,  on  the  29th  of  April,  1829, 
received  the  honor  of  knighthood  at  the  hands  of  His 
Mi^esty  George  IV.  For  some  time  past.  Sir  Edward's 
health  bad  suffered  considerably  from  dose  attention  to 
the  duties  of  the  hydrographical  office,  and  this,  com- 
bined with  other  i«aK)ns,  had  induced  hun  to  desire 
some  other  occupation.  All  proftasional  difficulties 
were  overruled  by  the  kind  assurance  of  Lord  MelvUle, 
that  his  acceptance  of  the  Company's  offer  should  in  no 
way  interfere  with  hia  fhture  prospects.  Accordingly, 
in  the  spring  of  1829,  he  received  his  appointment  as 
Commismoner  of  the  Australian  Agricultural  Comply 
in  New  South  Wales. 

A  fortnight  before  the  time  of  his  embarkation,  the 
honorary  degree  of  D.C.L.  wu  conferred  on  him  ^d 
his  friend  Franklin  by  the  Univermty  of  Oxford. 
Those  who  have  witnessed  the  saturnalia  of  an  Oxford 
"Commemoration"  will  easUy  imagine  the  shout  of 
honert  congratulation  with  which  the  roof  of  the  Thea- 
tre would  ring,  to  greet  the  manly  bearing  and  stout 

•  Th»  Ai«»»Um  Agifcrnttonl  <V»P««y  w«8  ertrtlhhed  In  tlw  je«r 

1SS4^  untew  Art  of  FaittMMot,  ami  tooorpontod  by  Rajrrf  Ohuter, 
whh  •  gwBt  ftwm  Ooreniatiit  of  •  mmtoo  laws  of  bn«l,  •»  theimr- 
poM  of  iwmrttoi  a»  growth  of  (IM  iii«Hbo  wool,  sod  oUi«  •gitaJ^ 
prodnoeottltodtethocHmrtwof  Aottirits.    -^    rv  .^   -        ^^ 


'M0 


r^MMMtiiita^tfla 


liiiiN 


Lji 


■IB  W.  a.  PABBT. 


AM 


d,  for  Mme 
f  tofme  one 
proper  fbot- 
[e  would,  at 
evils  fVom 
those  viowA 
ward  Parry, 
ipril,  1829, 
andfl  of  His 
ir  Edward's 
attention  to 
d  this,  com- 
n  to  desire 
,  difficulties 
»rd  Melville, 
ihould  in  no 
Looordingly, 
lointment  as 
alOompiiny 

trkation,  the 
on  him^d 
of  Oxford, 
fan  Oxford 
le  shout  of 
DftheThea- 
tg  and  stout 

died  In  tlM  TMT 
r  Bnjral  Ohartar, 
ind,  iw  the  for- 
UieragrieiiUanl 


I  "ft 


EQglish  hearts  of  these  two  brave  seamen,  ond  how 
oordiallj  the  recitation  of  the  concluding  linos  of  the 
appropriate  prize  poem  for  the  year  would  be  received : 

"  Dut  flrirer  England  greoti  the  wuderer  now, 
UnGuling  Inuroli  ilude  her  Pamt'b  brow ; 
And  on  the  proud  memorlels  of  hor  (iune 
Urm,  linked  with  deathlea  gloiy,  Fmanuin's  name  l"« 

He  often  alluded  with  gratification  to  the  honor  bo* 
stowed  upon  him  by  this  University.  ••  You  must  not 
forget,"  he  would  laughingly  remark,  if  his  soholarahip 
were  called  into  question,  ««that  I,  too,  am  an  Oxford* 
Doutorl"  and  would  relate^  at  the  same  time,  that  the 
gown  he  wore  was  the  same  a»  that  used  by  Manhol 
Bluoher  on  a  similar  oooosion.  /    »>  i  tv,;  ' .  -;/  i 

A  few  days  before  leaving  England,  he  received  the 
following  letter  from  Franklin : 

M  u.|  ,    f  w  4 ;      «« CMUng  HaOyNotU,  Jvfy  »,  189». 

"  Mt  Dbab  Pabbt  :  I  con  not  allow  you  and  Lady 
Parry  to  leave  the  shores  of  England,  thoagh  it  is  to  em- 
bark b  a  very  interesting  pnnoit,  without  onoe  more 
ezpresdng  that  yon  will  bear  wHh  you  the  hearty  good 
wishes  and  best  desiros  of  Lady  FrankUn  and  myself,  and 
that  oar  prayers  will  often  be  offered  up  to  the  throne  of 
meroy  and  grace,  for  every  blessing  to  attend  you.  We 
shall  be  eqwoiaUy  mindftd  of  you,  when  we  repeat  that 

.. ...  f  ^'Yvnvtttnnrmj  to  the  Pobr  SegioBa  A  Priie  Vatm  ro- 
otted  iB  the  Theetn^  Ozferd,  Mjr  1,  18IS,  bjr  T.  Legh  XJUnvhton, 
Trinity  OoUage^**  lb*  ncitto  adeoted  fer  tiie  poem  wae  fitmi  AiMovh. 
AdMia,  -^  • 

"XCV^M  nd  w/rfx^MmT  CmntiT  doing!  tbeeel ") 


*<fL 


mmmm 


20« 


UMMOIM  OF 


boAUtiAil  portion  of  the  LitMiy,  which  implores  the  ▲!• 
mighty*!  protootion  on  *  all  that  tmvel  by  land  or  by 
water.'  Let  ni,  too,  request  an  Interest  in  your  petitions 
to  the  same  fountain  of  love,  for  I  feel  that  there  is 
scarcely  any  portion  of  Scripture  more  cheering  and  de- 
lightfUl  than  that  which  assures  us  *  that  the  fervent,  effect- 
ual prayer  of  a  righteous  man  availcth  much.'  I  am  sure 
that  you  will  not  consider  these  sentiments  misplAoed,  in 
a  letter  addressed  to  yourself  for  they  are  the  dictates  of 
my  heart. 

*'  You  will  have  a  wide  field  for  the  exercise  of  Christ- 
ian virtuei,  and  I  am  sure  yon  will  have  fUU  experience 
of  the  delight  arising  fh)m  contributing  to  the  moral  im- 
provement, and  consequent  happiness,  of  those  under 
your  command.  When  I  reflect  on  the  change  which 
was  effected,  by  my  little  party,  on  the  habits  and  man- 
ners of  the  people  among  whom  we  found  ourselves,  by 
having  their  various  improper  a<;ts  pobted  out,  and  the 
example  of  better  conduct  shown  them,  and  this,  too, 
during  a  hasty  progress  through  the  wilds  of  America,  I 
feel  convinced  Uiat  your  efforts  and  attention  to  the  moral 
instruction  of  those  who  will  be  settled  around  yon  will 
be  aban4antly  rewarded ;  and  that,  in  the  evenbg  of  your 
llie,  yon  will  look  back  npon  the  portion  of  your  time  yoa 
may  spend  in  Aostralla  with  the  warmest  feelings  of 
gratitode  andjoy.** 

On  ^  20t]i  of  Jalj,  the  skip  <«  Willi«n,"  in  which 
Sir  Edwazd  and  Lady  Pany  were  paawngen,  left  the 
Thames,  and  he  thnt  wrote  to  hii  moUier  from  the 

**  Mt  thuxMT  MoTBSB :  Ton  may  be  aanured  that  we - 
are  oomlbrtable  as  poadble,  and  go  forth  in  confident  aa* 
■orance  of  being  nnder  the  proteetkm  of  the  AUnighty, 


SltfMMtMMMMMM 


mi 


,^ 


'A 

iiiiiiidU 


)ros  the  Al* 
land  or  hj 
>ur  petitiont 
lat  there  is 
ng  nnd  de- 
vent,  effect- 
I  am  sure 
tiaplAoed,  in 
)  diotatoa  of 

0  of  Christ- 
experience 

B  moral  im- 
hose  under 
lange  which 

1  and  man- 
uroelves,  by 
mt,  and  the 
d  this,  too, 

America,  I 
o  the  moral 
ad  jroa  will- 
ibg  of  jour 
turtimeyoa 
feelings  of 

"  ia  which 
m,  left  the 
r  firom  the 

Ted  that  we 

lonfident  as* 

Altaighty, 


in  W.  ■.  FAHiT. 


907 


whose  tender  meroy  is  over  all  His  works,  In  all  parts  of 
His  creation  alike.  .  .  .  We  met,  at  the  inn  at  Oraves- 
end,  several  missionaries,  English,  French,  and  Gorman, 
one  of  whom.  Dr.  Philip,  I  knew  before,  and  all  of  whom 
are  going  out  to  Africa,  or  the  East-Indies.  Thoy  had  a 
dinner  for  themselves  and  fViends,  amounting  to  about  fifty 
persons,  and,  after  dinner.  Dr.  P.  came  to  me,  and,  in  tho 
name  of  all,  invited  me  to  come  into  the  room,  and  see 
those  who  wore  just  embarking.  I  did  so.  They  oil 
stood  up,  tho  moment  I  entered  tho  room,  and  greeted 
me  cordially.  Afterwards,  they  drank  my  health,  and  I 
had  to  make  a  little  speech,  but  was  too  much  affected  to 
say  much ;  in  fact,  it  was  altogether  quite  overpowering, 
when  I  considered  what  sacrifices  these  pious  and  devoted 
men  were  about  to  make,  for  the  sake  of  Christ  and  His 
Gospel"     •„«>^:h    ,  M'^  I"'.*'* 

«*  8Mp «  Wmiam,^  at  tea^  Sept.  8. 
■'" ...  **0n  Sundays  we  always  have  our  little 
choroh  Mnrioe  on  deck.  I  stand  chaplain,  and  always 
use  yonr  dear  Bible  and  Prayer-book  in  one,  which  I 
have  used  in  all  my  royages  for  the  same  purpose.  AU 
the  paasengera  and  crew  attend,  and  I  trust  it;  may  be 
the  meant  of  good  to  some.  Oar  Captain  is  an  amiable, 
kind,  and  religioos  man,  which  is  a  very  great  ooinfort, 
and  every  body  on  board  is  as  obliging  as  posdble." 

On  the  20th  of  October  they  reached  the  Oape  of 
Good  Hope^  where  they  renuuned  a  few  days ;  and,  on 
the  18th  of  December,  the  "  William  "  entered  Sydtaej 
Harbor,  "of  which,"  says  Sir  Bdward,  "woids  can 
never  describe  the  beauty."  H9  and  Lady  Parry  todk 
np  their  tempcnnucy  abode  at  GoTemment  Bmuw^  in 
ooniequenoe  (^  m  iimuMm^ttfm  Oenerai  (now  Sir 


■  ■, uv: 


908 


MMOnM  ov 


i 


Ralph)  Darling,  to  whom  they  h«d  oarriflcl  intioductionii 
from  Bngland ;  and,  after  a  few  dayg,  he  proceeded 
alone  to  Port  Stcphena,  to  arrange  matter*  for  their 
future  residence  thoro.  At  the  end  of  nine  daya,  ho 
WM  lummoned  back  by  an  exproM,  bringing  the  tidingu 
of  Lady  Parry'a  conflnoment  with  a  twin  Hon  and 
daughter.  On  his  return  to  Sydney,  he  found  that  bdtli 
mother  and  children  hod  been  in  a  very  critical  condi- 
tion, but  were  now  doing  fiivorably  under  the  affection- 
ate and  devoted  attention  of  their  kind  hosteai  Mn. 
Darling,  to  whoM  foetering  core  he  always  omribed, 
under  Ood,  the  preservation  of  his  little  boy's  life. 

On  the  28th  of  March,  they  embarked  once  more  in 
the  "  Lambton,"  a  small  cutter  belonging  to  the  Oom- 
pany,  and  arrived  safely  at  Oarrington,  aftov  a  voyage 
of  flJIleen  hours.  As  soon  as  the  vessel  hove  in  sight, 
sigaal  guns  were  fired  on  shore,  and  shortly  afterwards 
a  boat  pat  ofl^  manned  by  the  officers  of  the  Company, 
who  were  desirous  of  testifying  their  respect  for  the 
new  Oommissioner  by  rowing  him  and  his  fiunily  to 
land.  At  the  moment  of  landing,  a  salute  wm  fired  m 
lionor  of  their  arrival,  and  the  Union  Jack  hoisted  on 
tho  flag-staff.  Such  was  the  welcome  to  their  Austrap 
lian  home. 

The  harbor  of  Port  Stephens,  situated  about  ninety 
miles  to  the  north  of  Sydney,  is  guarded  at  its  entrance 
by  two  conical  hills,  called  by  the  natives  Taoaba  and 
Tomore.  The  estuary  itsdf  is  about  fifteen  miles  in 
length,  and  near  the  centre,  is  contracted  to  the  width 
of  an  Eng^h  mile.  Witldn  these  narrows  lies  Oar- 
rington or  Oarribeen*,  the  settlement  of  the  Auatralian 

•  KwmMrt  oT  Um  rofttfi  ttmU.tL"  BtagK"  to  I  U»,  by  Ohptam 
Btiifcon  R.  N. 


■I  a  w.  B.  rAMiT. 


90» 


troduotionii 
{)rooc«de<l 
I  for  their 
10  days,  bo 
:  the  tiUiiiRH 
n  ion  aud 
d  that  b6th 
tioul  coiuU- 
ku  offuctkou- 
loateM  Mra. 
^•Moribed, 
y'»  life, 
loe  more  in 
othe  Com- 
MP  a  voyage 
TO  in  aight, 
afterwarda 
I  OompMiy, 
peotfor  the 
family  to 
M  fired  in 
loistedon 
eir  Aufltra* 

mat  ninety 
itaentranoe 
raoabaand 
en  milea  in 

the  width 
a  liea  Oar* 

AueUaliaa 

••.bjOaplHa 


Agricultural  Oompany.  Half  a  mile  fkrther  to  the 
weit  stood  Tahloe,  the  roaidenoe  of  the  OumroiMioner. 
The  houae,  a  long  low  building,  with  a  verandah  in 
front,  waa  on  the  aide  of  a  atoep,  graaay  alope,  with 
lemon  aud  orange  trooa  interaporaed,  rooohing  down  to 
the  water'a  edge.  The  fh>nt  windowa  commanded  a 
beantifVil  view  of  the  harbor,  and  of  aevorol  thickly 
wooded  ialeta  with  which  ita  aurfkoe  waa  atudded.  The 
ground  inmiediately  around  the  aettlement  woa  irregu* 
lar  and  undulating,  and  more  or  leaa  covered  with  treoa, 
which  formed  the  outakirta  of  one  of  thoae  Ibreita  known, 
throughout  Auatralia,  aa  "  the  Duah.**  Through  thb 
there  were  no  regular  rooda,  or  even  patha,  but  tlie 
aative  horaea  were  able  to  make  their  way  over  the 
trunka  of  Ikllen  treea,  and  ineqnalitiea  of  the  ground, 
Rttoh  aa  an  Engliah  hone  would  ahrink  flrom  attempt* 
ing. 

Beautifyil  aa  waa  the  oountij  in  ihe  immediate  neigh* 
borhood  of  Tahlee,  theae  natiual  advantagea  were  more 
than  oonnterbalanoed  by  the  moral  aapect  of  the  oom* 
munity,  over  which  Sir  Bdward  waa  now  called  to  pre- 
aide.  Itwaa,intrath,touaehiaownworda^  "amoral 
wildemeaa,"  and  to  the  cultivation  of  thia  unprominng 
■oil  he  and  hia  wife  xeaolved  to  i^ply  all  their  ener> 
giea.  The  people  aroond  them  oonalated  of  three  db* 
tinctolaaaea:  flntttheoAoenandaerwitiof  theOon»> 
pany ;  aeoondly,  Uie  oonvioli,  working  alao  in  the  em* 
ploy  of  the  Oompanj,  or  acting  aa  domeatio  aervanta  in 
the  ottoenP  ftmiliea,  that  of  the  Oommiaaioner  hinMlC 
indnded ;  and,  laatlj,'  thp  n•tiv«i^  whoae  hone  wit  in 
the  "Boah,"  and  whoae  flnaaaqmwnti  were  often  ftfond 
within  a  ftw  jaida  of  the  lellleinaai 


mmm 


MMioiM  or 


**Thor«  Art,**  wrote  Lady  Piarj,  **  •  ir«*t  nnmlNir  of 
BMlfM  Ab»at  tb«  plAO*,  and  tb«y  hav«  wi  i)n«<ani|>miml 
b«tWMn  (M  Mil  the  village,  thair  hut*  b«liiK  furni«>d  of 
two  pl«fl«a  of  bark  plaoed  upright  againat  «auh  uthar. 
Tli«7  appear  to  be  very  tiarmleea,  quiet  people,  quite  dif- 
flirent  Arom  thoee  near  Sjrdnej,  who  iire  eo  verjr  bail  aiid 
horrible  looking.  I  oan  not,  indeed,  laj  mnoh  ae  to  the 
•ppearanee  of  ovr  nativea,  tut  tbej  are  all  hideoua,  an«l 
none  of  them  wear  anj  clothing,  eioe|rt  lome  of  the 
women,  who  throw  a  blanket  over  tholr  ■houldem,  when 
they  oan  get  one.  I  am  now  beoomlng  rather  more  ue«d 
in  thia,  and  I  think  I  may  even  learn  to  admire  a  littlu 

native  bUuik  ehild.    I  often  long  for to  lee  the  email 

bUwk  tUaga,  nmnlng  about  like  little  irape.** 

dwing  to  the  nogleoted  itata  of  thia  pvt  of  the  oolonr 
daring  th«  adminiatntion  of  Sir  Edwar^'a  prodoctMHira, 
the  condition  of  the  firoo  population,  in  a  moral  and  ro 
ligiotu  point  of  Tiew,  was  hardly  auperior  to  that  of  the 
ignorant  aavogoi  hy  whom  they  were  ^arroanded. 
Immorality  and  drunkenneM  prevailed  to  a  feari\U  ex- 
tent,  lohooli  wpre  a  thing  unknown,  and,  at  Uie  flrat  oa- 
tabliahment  of  divine  oenrioe^  aoareely  a  aooie  of  peniona 
were  (bond  willing  to  attend,  and  none  of  the  women. 

**  It  It  eo  new  a  thing  to  them,**  Sir  Edward  writea,  **  to 
have  any  one  to  take  an  btereet  io  them,  that  they  hardly 
know  what  to  nuke  of  H.  They  have  been  wholly  with- 
out lastmetion,  and,  I  ftar  I  may  abnoet  my,  wlUiout 
tnmple,  either  rdtgiooe  or  moral,  Ibr  more  than  fbnr 
yean,  iteee  the  irrt  eettlement  at  Port  Stephana,  Ikerally 
dbaep  having  no  iheit^erd.  It  ean  not,  therefore,  be  a 
matter  of  weoder  that  they  are  all  randag  wild.  This 
oppUee  mof  portUoterly  to  the  poor  chUdren,  many  of 


mmmum 


Mala 


•m  w.  ■.  r*uir. 


su 


•t  ntimhar  of 

I  «ni<ani|>roKiit 

nil  fumird  of 

It  vMih  uthar. 

i|>l«,  quite  «lif> 

vary  biul  mkI 

inch  M  to  th« 

hldeoiu,  ftnti 

■ora*  of  til* 

iiiildffm,  when 

)flr  more  um<1 

Mlmir*  •  littlo 

•M  tb«  Hn«ll 


of  the  eolonr 
prodocdwoni, 
moral  and  ro 
to  that  of  the 

'flttnoanded. 

a  feorftil  ex< 
kt  the  flnt  e»- 
jNofpenoni 
[  the  woDnen. 

rd  writee, "  to 
kt  tha7  hardly 
I  wholly  with- 
Mf,  wHlkoat 
>re  than  fbor 
»hMii,  Uteralljr 
h«relbr«,h«a 
gwild.  nils 
Imd,  uumj  of 


whom  bavfl  nut  <tv«n  Imcq  lN»|AiMd  t  It  i«  a  graat  pluo- 
iur«  to  IM  tc  think  that  wo  may,  with  (icMl'i  lilaiwing, 
prov*  Inatnimanta  of  muoh  gtMid  to  th«M  poor  p«opl«." 

The  flnt  stop  token  towonbi  thu  introduction  of  a 
bettur  itattt  ot  tiling*  won  tho  ratablialiincnt  of  a  regu- 
lar Mtrvice  on  Sundayi.  There  woi  no  ohuroh  nvantr 
than  Sydney,  ninety  miloa  duitant,  nor  any  ultaphun 
belonging  to  the  ■ettloment.  Under  thcio  ciruum* 
■tonoea,  Sir  Kdward  fltte<l  up  a  carpenter'*  ahop  in  the 
village  oa  a  plooe  of  worahip,  and  docided  on  conduct- 
ing  the  aorrioe  hiniaelf  "  Ilia  numner,"  oaya  Mr.  Eha- 
worth,  hia  friend  and  ooaiatant  in  the  colony,  "  in  oon- 
ducting  tho  aervio(«  of  the  Ohurch,  woa  remarkable, 
and  th>)M  who  never  heard  him  loat  a  rich  treat  I 
aoorouly  ever  heard  the  liturgy  road  with  ao  muoh  re- 
verenoe,  (beling,  find  apparent  delight  He  aeemed  at 
home  tho  moment  he  entered  the  reading  deak,  and 
when  reading  some  more  than  uauolly  aolemn  porta  of 
«  oermon,  it  waa  quite  overpowering.  The  fruit  of  hia 
Ubon  will  be  fUlly  known  only  in  the  eternal  world." 
He  olao  managed,  by  degreeo,  to  form  o  reapeotoble 
choir,  the  memben  of  which  used  to  meet  frequently, 
in  hia  own  hoooe,  to  praottoe.  Under  the  auperintend* 
enoe  of  Lady  Pony  a  aohool  waa  opened,  whioh  waa 
Boon  well  attended,  and  a  lending  library  eitobliahed. 
The  following  were  written  .during  the  flrat  few  montha 
of  their  reaidenoe  at  Port  Stephena: 

laify  J\trry  to  Sir  JUwardC$  UoOm. 

"  TMlM  MouM,  Jidjf  7, 1880. 
"*!  wlah  yo«  cciild  aee  your  dear  Edward  in  hia  mfaiia- 
terfad  eapooity  oo  Stt'rday.    It  ia  not  neeeaaory  fbr  me  to 


iMHiiiiil 


919 


MBMOIM  OV 


wj  he  does  it  well,  for  70a  oui  eMilj  imagine  how  he 
would  fill  nioh  e  litoatioD.  God  gruit  that  hie  preaohiog 
nuy  be  bloMed  to  aome  of  theae  poor  ignorut  creatnreiit 
For  four  yesra  they  havte  never  heard  the  word  of  Qod 
preached  to  them,  and  hare  really  appeared  to  live  *  with* 
out  Ood  u  the  world.*  There  is.alwaya  now  a  fhll  con* 
gregation,  and,  I  muat  aay,  a  moat  attentive  one.  Oar 
aohool  ia  alao  gobg  on  aa  well  aa  we  oould  wiah,  and  wo 
have  forty-two  aoholara.  No  little  heathen  oould  liave 
been  more  ignorant,  but  I  hope  that,  in  fUtnre,  Qod'a 
name  and  word  will  be  more  known  and  loved  than 
lutherto.  Eameatly  do  we  pray  that  thia  may  be  the 
oaae.  We  muat  expect  to  meet  idth  diaappointmenta  and 
triala,  but,  when  we  oonaider  whoae  work  we  are  doing, 
BO  dbffiooltiea  ought  to  diacourage  ua.  May  Qod  givo  ua 
atrength  to  peraevere !  You  might,  perhapa,  auppoae  that 
our  greateat  diffioultiea  ariae  firom  the  conviota,  but  I  muat 
aay  tliat  we  have  not  found  thia  to  be  the  oaae.  The  firee 
people  are  &r  the  worat,  and  moat  difficult  to  manage, 
becanae  they  think  they  may  do  aa  they  like ;  and,  while 
they  aet  audi  a  bad  example,  we  can  not  wonder  that  the 
prisonera  do  not  improve.  For  the  latter  we  have  aet  op 
an  adolt  achooL  Some  of  them  wiahed  to  learn  to  read, 
and  we  were  anxioua  to  eneonrage  them,  aa  a  meana  of 
keeling  them  out  of  miaohieli  and  amoabg  them  b  the 
evening."  >■.■■■■■'- -^ ;,-,. 

'   Sir  Edunrd  I\myki  W,  B.  JBboper,  %. 

**J^t>HSt0pAm$,Ma^  19, 1690, 
**t  traat  we  are, by  Ood*BaaBlataDoe,  making  aome  ntt> 
giona  imprearion.  11m  WMe  WM  aadly  ni||^«eted,  I  may 
aay  almoat  onknown,  belbre  we  cane.  By  tlia  liberality 
of  oar  ezeeUent  Naval  and  JCilitaiy  BiUe  Society,  wa 
have  diftiibiitcd  toward*  of  a  hmdHid  Wrfea,  aad  •• 


lib 


iMiMMMI 


ttjmmmmim 


■WiiKlilMip 


ua  w.  a.  rjMKT, 


ill 


nagine  how  h« 
t  hii  preaohiog 
ruitcrflatarM! 
)  word  of  God 
1  to  live 'with, 
ow  a  fUi  con* 
ive  ono.  Oar 
1  wiah,  and  wo 
en  could  liave 
Aiture,  God's 
id  loved  than 
ii  may  be  the 
lointmeots  and 
we  are  doing, 
ly  God  give  oa 
0,  aappose  that 
ots,  but  I  must 
aae.  The  free 
It  to  manage, 
te;  and,  while 
onder that  the 
ve  have  aet  op 
learn  to  read, 
as  a  means  of 
I  them  b  the 

aylS,  168<K 
dng  some  n>K> 
l^eetedtlmay 
r  «1m  ttberalitf 
!•  Society,  we 
rarie8,aaidaa 


many  Prayer  Books  fVom  *Tho  Society  for  Promoting 
Ohrlitian  Knowledge  {*  and  the  more  we  distribato,  espe> 
daily  among  the  oonviets,  the  greater  seems  to  be  the 
demand.  It  has  been  a  great  happiness  to  be  able  to  say 
hitherto  to  all  around  us :  *  Whosoever  will,  let  him  take 

of  the  water  of  lift  fmtyt I  can  only  add  at 

present,  twd  <m$  mors  J7<Nm  /  I  never  before  so  ftally 
ftlt  the  truth  of  Its  bebg  'indeed  the  sword  of  the  Spirit.' 
Indeed,  in  this  oountry,  abnoat  more  than  in  any  other, 
whatever  ihiit  is  brought  IbrtL,  God  shows  that  the  pndse 
and  i^ory  are,  aa  they  ooght  to  be.  His  alone;  for,  to  all 
hamaa  appearanoe,  and  by  all  merely  hnmaa  meau^  re* 
formation  is  lupoMible.** 

The  talk  of  rafonnttion  proreol,  indeed,  no  easy  one. 
The  alraoat  total  want  of  proper  diaoipliiie,  whidi  had 
previoualj  exiited  in  the  settlement,  zendered  it  a  mat- 
ter of  no  small  dUBonlty  to  introduoe  a  new  system  of 
order  and  regularity.  This,  Howeyer,  Parry  was  dete^ 
mined  to  eflbot ;  and  though  there  was,  at  the  outset^ 
mnoh  to  diahoarten,  his  Judgment  and  firmness  by  de> 
graea  triumphed  orer  il  obstacles,  iHiile  the  gonial 
kindness  ct  hi*  diqMsUion,  and  his  evident  deaire  for 
the  gMwnd  wdiflm^  gained  tho  respect  and  aifootion  of 
all.  Ha  regfurded  nothing  as  too  tririal  to  oociq;>y  his 
attention  whksh  ooujd,  in  any  wi^,  tend  to  promote  in- 
nocent ei\io7ment,  but  sought,  on  the  oo^itnuT',  to  draw 
ckaer,  in  littb  things^  the  bond  which  united  him  to 
hispaopla^.  fifatodkfreatintsnstinthefonnatioiiof 
aorioket  dttlkk  and  a  gasM  waa  pli^  9fvty  Satur^ 
alksHMoa,  wUeh  was  w  holiday,  and  as  often  ^  ii^ 

teKod. '  9mb»  of  tha  lain  wava  aativas  of  Em*  and 


(. .  1*.' 


914 


lUBMonu  or 


Hampshire,  and  were  delighted  to  be  thus  reminded 
of  home  and  old  times.  Oocasionallj,  when  business 
permitted,  Sir  Edward  would  take  port  in  the  gome 
himself. 

Ladj  Parry's  birthday  was  always  a  gala  day  in  the 
settlement,  and  Sir  Edward  writes  of  the  first  festival 
oftheldnd:     ,."    ' !'.. '..'^  .-."^T'^:;     ,_    „.;  VI 

»  **  We  had  a  large  dinner  and  ball  of  all  the  Company's 
senrants  rendent  here,  being  the  first  time  any  thing  of 
the  kind  had  been  given.  IsabeUa  and  I  danced  away 
with  them  first,  to  set  them  gobg,  and  then,  I  believe, 
they  would  have  danced  the  whole  ni^t,  if  we  had  al- 
lowed them.  Oar  great  object  is  to  make  them  all  bo< 
oiaUe  and  happy  among  themselves,  which  has  not  hither- 
to been  the  case." 

The  foUowing  refer  to  the  Ohristmas  festivities  in 
the  flnt  year  of  their  lesidenoe  at  Tahlee.      v^>^    »  :j 

■  ;  •'.    **J>«eem»er29,l699. 

**  Yesterday  was  the  breaUng  up  of  our  school.  To 
oelsbrate  the  day,  and  reward  the  Uttle  people  fbr  thdr 
good  behavimr,  we  gave  them  a  dinner,  after  distributing 
the  prises.  We  had  a  kind  of  tent  rigged  up  for  the  oc* 
earion,  on  the  middle  of  the  flat  at  Oarribeen,  which  is  a 
place  yosaething  like  an  English  common,  ii^  the  middle 
of  the  settlement.  The  people  were  all  'de^ghted  with 
the  idea,  ha^ng  had  no  fitee  of  any  kind  dnee  they  eaoM 
to  tiie  country ;  and  the  head  caipenter  entered  into  it 
with  great  qpirk,  deomwtfaig  the  place  with  bou|^  and 
banohes  of  wild  flowers,  wUoh,  to  an  EugUsh  eye,  were 
jreenhonse  plants,  and  sMne  of  the  rareti^^ldnd.  There 
were  flags  flyiiw  at  each  «ad,  and  an  ew%n^  unon  a  flag^ 


mmUiiiimtiiiMUtim 


■<i   :' 


thus  reminded 
when  buBinesB 
t  in  the  gome 

j^  daj  in  the 
le  first  festival 


the  Company's 
le  any  thing  of 
I  danoed  away 
then,  I  believe, 
t,  if  we  had  al- 
ke  them  all  so- 
k  has  not  hither- 


B  festivities  in 

«•    ■::,-^--/- 

ider  28,  idse. 

mr  school.  To 
people  fbrthdr 
\er  distribating 
d  np  for  the  oo* 
•een,  which  is  a 
I,  i]^  the  middle 
deBghted  with 
f^oetheycaoM 
entered  into  it 
1th  boa|^  and 
gUsh  eye,  were 
itJdad.  There 
fa  wwnaflag^ 


r 


SIB  W.  M.  PABBT. 


21A 


Staff  a  little  way  oC  It  had  a  beantiful  eflbct  altogether, 
with  the  woody  scenery  around.  Fifty-two  children  sat 
down  to  dinner,  and  no  Cheshire  children  could  have 
done  greater  justice  to  the  beef  and  plum  pudding.  The 
parents  were  all  invited  to  be  present,  and  looked  a» 
pleased  as  the  children.  After  dinner,  we  set  them  to 
play  at  different  games.  They  have  never,  as  yet,  had 
any  among  themselves,  therefore  we  bad  to  teach  theai, 
but  they  are  lively  children,  and  soon  entered  into  every 
thing  with  great  spirit.  Races  for  sixpences  afforded 
much  amusement,  and  football,  at  which  games  blacks 
and  whites  joined,  both  old  and  young.  Mr.  Ebsworth 
is  an  excellent  assistant,  and  was  quite  delighted,  him- 
self to  see  any  thing  like  an  English  ftte.  This  was,  I 
think,  the  general  feeUng.  They  all  aaid.  it  remmded 
them  of  EngUind,  and  was  the  first  thing  oT  the  kind 
Port  Stephens  had  ever  witnessed.  We  intend  to  have 
B  day  for  the  prisoners,  with  wheelbarrow*  raoes,  et«., 
Ihat  they  may  partake  of  ihe  pleasures  and  gayeties  of 
Christmas;  for,  though  they  are  prisoners,  and  many  of 
them  very  bad,  enoonragement  is  by  no  means  thrown 
Bway  upon  them,  and  they  feel  Idndness,  and  improve  by 
it  as  modi  as  other  people.** 

**  l>eemitr  91, 
**  Christmas  Day  is  passed,  and,  sp  fiir,  all  has  gon«  on 
hapfOy.  We  hav^  oommemorated  it  with  pleasure  and 
interest,  though  in  tUs  distant  land,  and  have  endeavwed 
to  make  it  as  much  like  English  CSirisbnas  as  posdble. 
We  did  Bot  wish  f8r  your  Mit  and  snow,  thov^  we  did 
widk  that  thft  ami  hisd  not  been  qnite  so  hot—the  ther- 
mometer  being  87*  in  the  shade  ot  our  veraiid«!h  I  Ovr 
jdBgttrsh«(d]n^red  hymns  fiHrthe  season,  aad  mi  Christ* 
mas  Eve  we  h94  the  etttcia,  wNujh  they  sang  very  well 
hidMiid,  going  ftfond  to  aU  the  houses,  leventem  in  nam* 


.m 


i.„j^ 


liiiMiHlliliilligi 


r 


91« 


«-^  aaxoiBi  or 


0- 


b«r,  Inhere  erarj  one  M«ni«d  quit*  bappy  to  be  onee 
•gain  reminded  of  Eng^d.  We  Alao  hitd  our  oharoh 
deoorated  with  erergreenij'we  ooold  not  get  I10U7  or 
jrew,  but  there  ii  a  ihrab  which  ie  very  oommon  here, 
like  the  hrarel,  only,  I  tUnk,  haadeomer,  and  which  quite 
answered  oar  porpoee.  It  was  a  beantifhl  eveniug,  and, 
when  we  were  all  ditting  oat  on  oar  lawn,  we  coald  not 
help  thbUng  of  the  diftrenoe  of  joar  olimate  to  oara 
Jaat  then.**        ^i.iSU»':'f'>'  '4'M  ■^^:..-i'  fy'^^iif.iM.i'Y^  ii-y."!^ ' 

Towards  the  dose  of  this  first  year  of  his  zendenoe 
at  Port  Stephens,  Sir  Edward,  in  a  letter  to  Sir  Johu 
Stanley,  thus  desoribes  the  nature  oi  the  dilBoaltifls  ho 
had  enooontendin  the  odonyt  and  tht  rstall  of  lus 


ezertKNu: 


,  -fW.-  ifu  I  ,» «i .  ,■  i  Kipii!^*  «',i,kjo^,'-'a«*»  U*imi  Jrt  •i*»»*»»i 


"I  ,may  traly  say  that  by  offldal  daties  have  been 
most  arditnis,  demanding  all  the  thonght,  and  temper, 
and  dedsioii  I  can  master,  and,  now  and  then,  a  gre^t 
deal  more.  I  ifoand  the  Oompany*s  aflhir^  on  my  ani* 
Tal,  ba  loose  and  dhjdnted  state,  ss  droamstaaoes  had 
led  me  to  expect,  and  it  is  only  by  keeping  a  tight  rsia 
that  I  oan  soeoeed  b  eflbedag  any  thbg.  The  eoase> 
qoenee  of  the  sbseno*  of  striet  and  ^ysteaiatie  gorem* 
ment  fbr  so  long  a  time  natoraUy  was^  that  any  attempt 
to  bring  things  into  order,  and  to  ^  down  the  iona- 
mi^nitUe  abosss  wUoli  existed,  eansed  no  smaU  kleking. 
I  have, however,  a  tderable  diare.irf  obstt^Mey b  my 
eompodtion,  and  have  gone  stead^^  oa,  ia^oiiiag  into 
every  tiling  myseU^  and  endeavoring  to  Mpffy  a  remedy 
wherever  I  have  foond  a  grievanes  or  an  abase  of  any 
IdBd.  I  hsiye,  of  ooMss,  had  nisaybittlsB  to|gin,aad 
mviy  disi^peeabla  ti^igs  to  sMoooter,  b«t  I  hi^  that 


I  bsdato  saa  improveoMmt,  to 


andreptymy 


iiMlttittiw^^ 


ipjto  he  onee 
kd  our  oharoh 
)t  get  holly  or 
oommon  here, 
ind  which  qnlto 
1  eTtniug,  and, 
k,  we  could  not 
)limnt«  tooon 

f  hiixendenoe 
er  to  Sir  John 
B  dilBoaltiM  ho 
I  IKtoU  of  ])is 


'a«Ti  -fiytnn  J" 


tiei  havo  been 
It,  and  temper, 
1  then,  a  great 
\n»  on  my  ani- 
[mnntanoiii  had 
ng  a  tight  nIb 
g.  Tha  oooaa- 
eaiatiB  gorem* 
at  any  attempt 
lown  the  lonii> 
imaU  JUcMitf. 
IwiifMoyfai  my 
lio^idiiDg  into 
qn4ya  remedy 
n  abnae  of  any 
M  t«4glM,aBd 
nftlhi^  that 
» and  repay  my 


SIB  W.  ■.  PABBT.  -Hf  ■ 

ezertioni.    They  begin,  at  leait,  to  know  that  they  can  ' 
not  eaeiiy  *  get  to  windward  >  of  me  t 

"  You  muet  not,  however,  imagine,  from  what  I  have 
jntt  mid,  that  all  I  have  been  doing  ia  of  the  character 
above  mentioned.    I  tnut  we  can  both  truly  eay  thAt 
nothing  which  kindnen  could  effect  baa  been  left  un- 
done, or  at  leaat  untried.    In  our  character  of  the  par- 
■on  of  the  pariah  and  hia  wife,  we  bare  viaited,  admoii- 
iahed,  and  aaaiated  erery  body  within  our  reach.    In  the 
truoat  Chriatian  and  miaaionary  apirit,  my  beloved  Isa- 
beUa  haa  gone  Uito  every  cotti^,  promoting,  by  every 
means  fai  her  power,  tiM  comfort  of  every  fiunily,  peace 
among  qnarrelUng  neighbon,  and  the  temporal  and  spir- 
itoal  weUbre  of  every  human  bebg  around  us.    She  haa 
been  a  mother  to  the  numerooa  poor  children  who,  when 
we  arrived,  were  mndng  about  wild,  idling,  awearing, 
and  gdng  to  rdnuftst  as  possible;  and  it  i^ now  a  de- 
lightfld  aafl  eheering  sight  to  see  fbrty^ight  of  these 
daily  raosiving  eduoatiMi,  under  her  direotions  and  super, 
inteadene^  and  beoomiag  wall-behaved  and   welUn- 
straoted  ehOdrea.    At  a  distant  station,  about  twenty. 
«▼•  mora  aUldna  are  tMsiviag  eduoa||oii,  for  whom  a 
f«gahursohooHM»Mianowbaildittg.    My  dntiea  as  pai^ 
son  have  also  been  son^swhat  ardnona.    I  havf  written 
one,  and  praMlied  two  sermons  every  Snnday—duisi. 
wed  a  great  mmfMOna  (somaof  tbem  ilmr  yeara  old) 
-^aauOua  iraiabiteor  women— visited  tlie  sick— bnned 
thedaaa.    lBantiiaBathi*gs,a8in<ia«dinevaiyihinir 
ttia,  w«  ti^  tilt  Aiiaw  to<io,  aad  a bMsAoial  oL  1m 


'  Mm  qOBMBMO 
10 


rfiirtbewelli 
n  BRMitti'  tbsQii 
<tf  tiMir  Anati» 


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litn  hdioM,  combined  to  render  tho  yoon  spent  al 
Tahlee  amongit  tho  brighter  of  their  married  life. 
In  tho  regular  employmont  of  eaoh  day,  woeka  and 
montha  flew  lo  rapidly,  that,  when  the  time  of  Sir 
Edwanl'a  engagement  with  the  Oompany  approaohed 
its  oloae^  they  could  aoaroely  believe  that  more  than 
four  yean  had  paawd  iiaoe  they  landed  at  Sydney. 
One  day  varied  little  from  another.    Sir  Bdwud  rose, 
each  morning,  between  five  and  aiz.    "It  waa  quite 
enlivening  in    the   momii^t,"  says  Mr.  Ebaworth, 
"  when  all  were  well,  to  hear  hi*  fbotrtep,  aa  he  oame 
tnoi  the  nuiaery,  singing  and  whistUng  in  the  highest 
degree  of  delight."   With  tha  ponotuality  which  he 
always  ei^loiaed  on  his  household,  at  M|^t  o'dook  all 
who  oould  attend  met  in  the  parlor  tat  fiwoily  prayeis 
— "  no  fixinal  ceremony,  and  hw  mf^iM  more  ohemng 
to  see."    Brenkflfst  lUlowed,  and  tiw  foranoon  waa 
ooonpiad  in  wtiting  letien,  diapatohes,  and  ganend 
oidaiB,  or  in  pviog  andianoa  to  the  oOofn  of. the 
eatabliahment    On  thK  latter  lia  ai^oiniia  tlia  IMM 
puoetiia%irhiah<aiMktdhiaowA  iliOi^aiM^    If  a 
genOamMKimoaftar  thatiaia  whicb  had  bean  agreed 
tqxm,   ha  would  good-hwnondly  nmailc,  on  his 
entrance,  "fibre  cornea  the  Uitc  Mr.  ——I"  and  the 
'gentl«  zepionf  waa  saldoa  taktn  amiil.    An  eirly 
dinnar  separated  the  busiaflss  of  the  n|on|ing  from 
that  of  tha  afternoon,  Ibr  his  ofMal  dntiei  iawdly  oo* 
otti^  him  until  tea*time,  to  whioh  mail  Mf.  Bba> 
worth,  or  some  of  the  offioars^  viiAx  •*■  horn  ^  Sdward 
WW  attdoQs  to  ha  on  intimiH   t«nM^  wwa  oftm 
invited;   The  vmaa^  if  ilna,  w<wfld>f  ^ainipi  be  wpaaM 
on  the  lawn;  in  iMMI  of  the  v«isadfel4  ^faaw  Hm 


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#    sw  w.  ft  rijonr. 


910 


•  ipaat  •! 
korried  life, 
woelu  Mid 
ime  of  Sir 
approMhsd 
mora  than 
at  Sydney, 
dirardroae, 
[t  was  quite 
Ebawortb, 
at  he  oaoM 
ithehigheafc 
^wbioh  lie 
t  o'olook  all 
milyprayeni 


ntnoon 
and  genend 
kofn  of. On 
d  the  MOM 
If  a 
been  aiJteed 
uk,  on  hk 
.(»  and  the 
An  eerlj 
lorping  from 
I  itnidljoo* 
9lMx.  Bbe> 
SirSAward 
ofkoB 
beapeat 
whew  the 


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as, 


•preading  braaohea  of  a  hurge  oastorotl  troo  tiifordel 
a  pleaaant  ^ade.  "It  ia  aoaroely  poanblo,"  are  Mr. 
Ebaworth's  worda,  "to  depict  a  mora  delightful  £imily 
scene  than  the  lawn  before  Tahlee,  on  o  fine  sammor 
eroning.  Chain  for  the  elder  portion  of  the  fiimily 
were  placed  around  a  table,  on  which  were  grapes, 
melona,  and  other  flruits,  which  Sir  Edward  would 
dispense,  not  foi^getting  the  children,  who  were  usually 
playing  about  in  the  smooth  graas.  I  norer  saw  such 
hiq^piness,  nor  do  I  erer  expect  to  see  it  again  in  thia 
wo^L"  At  other  times.  Sir  Edward  would  read 
aloud  in  the  drawing>room.  "No  on^^"  says  Mr; 
Ebsworth  again,  "oonld  excel  him  in  reading,  and  1 
have  heard  people  remark,  on  4heae  oooaaionfl^  that 
'he  onght  to  have  been  a  biflhop  inatead  of  a  sidlorl' 
Sometimea  Lady  Pany  would  play  on  the  piano^  Sir 
Edward  aooompanying  har  on  the  TioHn,  or  with  his 
fine  manly  Toioe,  wUdh  harmiMiaed  Teij  sweetly  with 
ham"  At  nine  e^doek;  all  sHemMed  onoe  more  hi 
pn^en,  ■nil  SDOffvy  ■nerwaRBi  lewi  *o  resfc 

Senetimea  Sir  Edward  was  obUged  to  leave  borne 
for  days^  or  evea  weekfe  togMM',  to  einkduot  nipMs 
tng  Or  aurfflyuig  expemnoiia  imd  nm  mtenor.  Jk%. 
theae  times,  the  want  of  his  presence  wtagreij^  foH 
m  me  ntuement^  aM  tmaUt  eyes  man  tooie'  or  nie 
wifo  woidd  joyftdly  hiil  the  T^ion  JTaok:,  hoiMed  oii 
the  fla^Mffekaeto  llift1e0hoQfleaitheiigMlortti 
retotti.  "ItiaiiotoaffaftheOhiirQhitttfe«ri^''wVltM 
Lady  Fany,  daring  kia  abaMM,  **tihai  flrf  hW^d'i . 
pieasnee  fawigitedi  I  4iiBlt  it  k  a  general  Mb^, 
tkMMi^Kmt  Hw  aetdesaenlt  amoagrt  all^  parties^  Hut 
notidng  MMM  to  go  oni^  qpiril  when  be k awayj 


ii 


liii^s^^V'-"  * 


mM 


o 


fm 


mifonu  or        •  • 

and  no  one  loola  ao  contented  and  oomfortoble  m 
when  he  b  al  home,  watching  over  their  ^pnoerna  and 

intereata."  * 

Of  one  of  theao  oxpeditiona  ahe  writea  again: 

•«We  heard  tidhiga  from  our  abaeot  party  three  dajra 
after  they  left  ua,  and  they  were  going  on  proaiMroualy, 
haTiiV  reached  the  MyaU  Rirer.    They  are  obliged  to 
make  ahort  jonmeya  each  day,  aa  they  are  aoeompanled 
by  eight  pack  bollooka,  whieh  carry  aU  their  goodi,  and 
proceed  alowly,  aa  they  are  traTcUing  through  an  un- 
trMked  ooontry,  and  have  frequently  to  out  their  way 
through  the  hvA.    Their  party  oonaiaU  of  twelve,  to- 
olodhig  biaeka,  of  whom  they  hare  taken  three,  aa  they 
•re  of  great  aerrlce  hi  the  boah,  wh«i  they  fldl  ta  yMk 
ether  natltea.    They  hare  two  tenta  to  pitch  at  night, 
W  erery  thing  waa  arranged  meet  comfortably.   Itwaa 
HkeahrgeoaraTanmoTteg,when  theyaet  out-all  the 
boDooka  b  a  atrfaig,  eaeh  tedMh  and  a  man  to  ereir 
beaat,  the  attendpnU  with  gtma  along  over  thelt  4ie«t 
4W.,  and  the  othera  riding.    The  Maeka  were  dreeaed 
W  the  oecadoo,  i^  looked  ao  proud  of  theraaelMel 
They  aeeii  get  tired  of  their  elothea,  brt  ahraya  wnnt  to 

hnTe  them  al  Iwl,«d  it  iaowcf  the.inducemento  to 

mdcetbemgo.  . 

'  M^v^  AM  MW  in  the  middle  of  whiter,  but  we  have 
badnaoold  at  aIiaayo^  the  thermometer  haTtog.nerer 
been  balow  »0«,  hut  it  fcda  colder  here  thapi  it  would  do 
•ft  that  temperalnre  in  Ifiogland,  from  our  hebg  accue- 
tcned  to  audh  hot  wfather." 

<fe  one  oooailon,<»  »  tiijp;  t6  the  ooBlery  of  New- 
oaafle,  when  the  p«rty,  who  wew^  ii  iiiojl,  <m  J««>- 
JS/ had  to  wade  throngh  h  iwatt^  *he  guide  le- 


dilii'iliiimiiiiiiiiliiM 


oomfortablfl  m 

M  again: 

arty  three  daja 
«  proqMroualjr, 
r  are  obliged  to 
re  aooompanled 
Ihelr  goodt,  aod 
throagh  an  un- 

0  oat  their  way 

1  of  twelve,  b- 
I  three,  as  they 
they  M  in  with 
)  pitch  at  night, 
fortably.  Itwai 
Mi  ovA—tAl  the 
a  man  to  erery 
mr  their  ahoat 
ki  were  dreaMcl 
i  of  themaelvaai 
t  always  want  to 
I  indooements  to 

• 

ter,  hat  we  have 
^having,  never 
thi^  it  woold  do 
onr  being  aooos-' 

ooDierj  of  UTew- 
ukoikl,  on  hotae* 
p,ihe  goida  n- 


•MM 


P 


M|«siiii3 


w.  m.  r  ABHT. 


Ml 


marked  that  "  there  wa%  after  all,  a  good  bottom." 
"  No  doubt,"  replied  Sir  Edward,  whoae  horse,  already 
np  to  the  girths  in  mud,  gave  a  frcah  plunge  at  the 
moment — "no  doubt,  but  I  have  not  found  . '  yet!" 

Another  time  the  party  were  caught  in  a  flood, 
produoed  by  the  heavy  rain.  Thej  had  encamped, 
for  the  night,  by  the  side  of  a  oreek,  and  Sir  Edward 
was  stan^g  at  the  door  of  the  tent,  watching  the 
raring  of  the  stream  below  them,  when,  all  at  ono«, 
he  saw  the  water  coming  down  "like  an  immense 
wave,"  and,  in  a  ibw  minutes,  they  were  up  to  their 
kneea  in  water.  The  dray  which  aooompanied  them 
was  made  Ihst  to  a  tree,  to  prevent  its  being  waahed 
away,  and  the  bullocks  were  turned  loose  to  shift  for 
themselves.  Such  of  the  party  as  w«e  aUe  pwam 
over  the  oreek,  and  the  rest  wexe  hauled  aeroM  by 
means  of  a  rope  seoured  to  a  tree  on  ehher  aide. 
Theaa  events  were  only  i«garded  as  inteiesting  in^ 
oideBta  in  bush  travellhig,  bn^  in  the  ooone  of  the 
mmmer  of  1^1^  a  eUenmstanoe  ooourred,  sviBoiently 
alarming  in  ita  nature^  thoogk  veiy  ohanotirislio  of 
AwtaOian  Ufs. 


'  19^  IMl. 

•*  We  h«re  lately  ezperleneed  anMher  aMlvaalage  el 
a  newiyealthrated  eeantry,  and  hswri  wttMssssdwiat  I 
have  0^  heard  of  before,  aad  read  hi  OMfartiievils. 
lBieaBtheb«ndagofthe>|^oo«B,aBa  H  ia,  lndee«»  a 
fcafM  aad  «s«rao>dfa)ary,.siglit.  For  the  last  fortnight, 
the  whole  eoaatij  amnnd  Ms  bean  hi  a  blapa,  and  be. 
tween  this  plaee  aod  the  0toneester,  a  dtstanee  of  more 


iMiHii 


iiiiiiiiii 


tM 


thM  MTwit  J  milM,  thvr*  k  aemmHj  a  Uad*  of  gnm  Wft : 
ii  b  OB*  eontianvd  blaok  plain,  and  th*  •totoa  of  tho 
tro«Hi  tro  all  MoroKod  and  bl«okeiMd.  W«  ware  in  hopaa 
wo  iliould  hava  aaoapod,  near  the  ImaM,  but,  after  two 
or  three  days,  we  mw  there  waa  bvc  Uula  proqwct  of 
our  avoidbg  the  geooral  deatmotiou.  Joa:  aa  we  were 
oomlng  hoine  from  diaroh,  taat  Sunday,  a  man  came 
ranning  to  aajr  that  the  Are  had  reaolicd  hia  hooae,  and 
waa  rapidljr  approaching  our  garden.  Immediately  all 
hand*  were  unt  off  to  aave  the  poor  garden,  and,  I  ara 
happy  to  Mj,  luooeeded,  though  it  waa  only  by  a  ftir 
minutea.  Sdward  made  them  let  fire  to  a  broad  wf/tm 
•n  ronnd,  and  thia  w(i«  only  Jnat  oomplated  when  the  Are 
reaflhed  tho  i^aoe  we  h^j^  ^umt,  atfd,  flodfaig  no  food  to 
aopply  Ha  flamea,  tanwd  tWT  in  aDodMur  diraolloa.  It 
waa  Ihnrftd  to  hear  tho  eraeidlBg  aomd,  aa  It  oame  o« 
OuMl/k  tbe  bnahea,  and  tlia  TolanMa  of  moko  neariy 
Hbidod  «a  an.  WMle  the  Area  were  nifiBg  on  thahUla 
aMOkU^kwiMamoakaintoMalghtatiiigfat  ThtdMrea 
of  tha  hOTbmr  wm  brightly  UhnaiimMd,  wbOa  the  lai|« 
■MMNa  of  Are  mptn  the  horiMm  Iigbt«d  op  tho  iky  aU 
rooad.  W«  ahU!  kuve  plwty  of  oeenyatloa,  fiar  aoma 
tfana  to  come,  fai  ootting  down  tho  tnudta  of  tlw  bnmt 
tt4Mt,Mid  iba  baantyofoar  doaaki  k  fidia  apoUt  for 
tka  pfaaam.** 

Otoiiigitfn  WH Mt  the  oalyptrt  ol  the  ■rtdemml 
«Mah  fidatod  from  tha  naiteue  o^iOtibOomBUkmtit 
Aadliiiflaillf.  AtSfawri,  ^vflky  about  inm^-lhra 
nUat  dialMDil»  ailQiilid  ^  tba  iMaka  of  Am  riTO^ 

fibnah,  it  idiool  i»y  iiHw*"W'*fc*^i  ^"^  ^  ^l^**^ 
ti(mof  AUMlttlMWig^  ften  %<laiiy^   M^My 
thttt  a«i6ifiMb  *  VbH  &7  ]piri4  toikkf^ 
(tf  wbkdi  cxibytod  evoi  fluifc  df^Kiililb 


liteitfiMtfiiiiMiiiiiliaMiiii 


■.  :  -'.-.-■i-^'.^.c  ...w.., 


^iplMiili 


•  of  gnMsWA: 
I  ttmaa  o(  the 
I  were  in  hopea 
botf  after  two 
U  proepeot  of 
Uw;  M  we  were 
,  »  niMi  oMne 
hit  house,  Mid 
mmediately  all 
deOf  and,  I  am 
onljrbya  ftw 
»abroad  wpaau 
1  when  the  Are 
kg  no  food  to 

ArwsOoa.  It 
aa  H  enmeon 

■Boka  nearijr 
Inf  OB  tha  hlUa 
tt  Thiiahorea 
rUU  tha  kiga 
iqp  tha  akjaH 
itloa,  ibr  aoBM 
kaof  tlwbwBt 
foito  ipoUt  for 

» 

the  ■rtdemfliit 
OowmWonM* 

ider  Hm  4{»«o> 


.1  , 


iifij 


aia  w.  ai  vamy. 


ita 


^•'  *     '  **  ThAJW  iKniM,  JKir(4  ir,  lift. 

^  **0n  Tueada/  laat  we  eot  off  in  Uie  boat  (br  llooral, 
one  of  the  Company's  flimu,  about  twenty  milea  diatant, 
whera  the  river  narigatlou  ends.  The  eoenery  la  beautl< 
fUl  the  whole  way,  and  I  quite  longed  to  get  out  of  the 
boat,  every  momant,  tu  examiaa  the  boauUAU  vines  and 
phmu  which  ware  glowhig  along  tha  ahorea,  all  quite  new 
to  me.  Our  boat,  tha  aliHsarad  gig,  had  an  awning,  • 
very  neoessary  oomlbrt  with  an  Aoatralian  aon  ahtabg 
Iblluponua.    At  Booral  wa  rfmahiad  twohoora,  and! 

mat  there  an  ol^  Alderi^  aeqwOntanoe,  Daniel  B ^ 

who  had  bean  tnMM|K>rtad  ibr  poaohlagi  and  whan  I  aakad 
whoaa  phaaaanta  ha  had  ba«i  taking,  ha  aOd : '  air  John 
Btanleyaf*  Evfn though «  oonvle^  I  Mt  qnita  UmUy 
dlspoaed  towards  him,  and  glad  to  aaa  ona  whoaa  ftoa  r»> 
mbded  ma  ao  atrongly  of  ^  Aldarlay  t  Tha  dktanoa 
from  Booral  to  Stro^  la  abont  J|^t  ailkia,  along  »  aea| 
beantUU  bnah  lond,  and  hi  maiur  parte  yon  night  tiaMk 
ihnoy  yonvMlf  b  an  Ibfttih  piiril,  Ihn  traas  Wbitg  not  too 
doae,  and  biaraparaad  with  graan  alopaa.  I  heard,  Ibr 
the  M  tiuMi RMfV <^ «Im bMnoT  whioh I hanm f«nd— 
tha  «baIUblrd,*ai^  tha  •aoiohihan'B  whip.'  TkafNviar 
la  tnlwnya  fband  aanr  ft«h  water,  ao  that  hie  a^la  W  • 
ohaarfhraoMd^tmTelaiii  We  Abo  aav  q«Nrllli|Mjir 
oookatooa  aad  |«mla.  Thi  illlirtm  ef  Mliuetii  l|ii 
aharmh»g.htIhiftii»wMH»i»»l>lpiwHiilimfc. 
Iae,t)(r«jbeainli«m7thlat.  W^plMviiittf  0wy 
eottage,attdnwaillMflMil  «ro«4iqr.  Im^VfHmf 
espedttlM  ngr  oMMk,  thMigh  I  tMe  B9l  aetfy  te  liimi 
Mvpinr  «Vm  epe  Mkap  t»  liiiri 


r;itac;  :B^| 

'mm'' 


im 


danger.** 


liiiii 


iifa 


lUfcwaw  hM  fl«|tt«itlj  bMn  nude  to  t\\»  pneaiita 
^  of  daTotod  Aikotioii  Uurt  exuMad  between  Sir  Ed- 
mud  Mid  hie  moUier.  So  aoolel/  had  elie  fblt  Ihe  trial 
of  their  pneent  i^pantkm,  that,  at  flnt»  there  ■•emed 
daogar  of  her  health  giring  wajr :  bat,  Ibr  two  year*, 
he  waa  permitted  to  auiniain  the  moet  intiniate  oooi* 
mankattoca  with  her,  althoai^  obliged,  bj  the  pret* 
iura  of  oOoial  datieei  to  ft»ifo  almoat  all  other  privet 
oormpoiideiMe.  Bis  fondeet  hope  waa  that,  on  hir»  re- 
tWB  booie^  be  might  oimm  mora  embnoe  thia  bo!oved 
panat,  and  pieamt  to  her  hie  ohil^en  born  in  a  dia» 
taat  laiid.  Thia  expeotalion  waa  however,  not  to  be 
Naliaed.  lu  the  moath  of  May,  1882,  he  experienoed 
tht  aiviie  abook  of  aeeing,  in  theeolomna  of  a  Sjdney 
paper,  the  aBiMwieaaMBt  of  har  death.  B/aomeaooi* 
A»»  tbe  private  leMeaa  had  been  daUyed,  ^  greathr 
ina  the  blow  ^gwvaled  by  ile  eondng  in  eo  oaui- 
peolKl  a  OMBMr.  Bona  eztnwii  Aom  hia  laat  letter  to 
bli  motbar  may  not  inappropriatdj  be  bare  giren. 

**Fort  aHpiIwi,  JWmary  1, 18M. 
**lb  iMred, mj  deareet  «0lber,thal  jon  ace  rmj 
hi  ow  tbodglila.    We  magr  tnilj  aqr,  thai  MMBe  of 
aenle  aia  tboae  k  whieh  oar  thoaghte 

taro  i^ea  tboee  we  lore  ao  dearly  b 

, It  la  haponiUe  to  esptew  bow  thaakfiil  we 

to  reeeive  MMh  eoallaaea  good  aeaoaate  4^  70""^ 
red  beehh  I  aad  we  pray,  ae  yoa  do,  that,  If  H  ao  pleaite 
Beaveidy  fkthar,  we  miy  ■&  be  permitted  to  meet 
lafaiBNlkad.  Batire alw  M, •■  7?« ^ tl>"t He 
,  ao  iipoii  emy  •v«nt,<h«liliMr'te»^  eoMaetre 
oar'good,  and  t(0  Bb  van  g^,  and  i(a  teateai  to 
dl  that  eoaeerae  oa,  eawely  aad  aareaenrefly,  la 


are 


will 
to 


■U 


.i5. 


MiiHii 


I  tit*  pMolkur 
wtrnn  Bir  Kd- 
)  felt  Um  trial 
tbenMwiifld 
br  two  jr«tf% 
intiniate  oooi* 

by  th«  pm* 
other  privt«« 
lat,  on  biri  r»> 

thb  bo!ov«d 
yam  i»$>di»- 
•r,  not  to  b« 
I  ex|wrieooed 
)  of*  Sydney 
By  ■omeaooi* 
^findgrantly 
;  ixi  loaikJC' 
I  ImI  litter  to 
M  pTeik 

My  1,  IMS. 
yon  Me  Teqr 
tlwIeoaMof 
I  onr  thoaghte 
e  eodenrlyb 


ite4f  yM"** 
^IfHaopleette 
littedtoaMei 
Nide,tlMtHe 
koil  eoMneive 
•telenteeAte 
ifeeenreuiyi  in 


ein  w.  n.  r^nnr.  m§' 

Ilia  hencla Evnry  diiy  of  my  pUgrimagn  h«r«i  cotu 

vlnoet  ni«,  morn  sntl  more,  ihet  w«  •huuld,  IVuin  tho  bo< 
ginning  of  life  to  iu  and,  fiHti  and  Mt  m  pilgrimi  loflliliig 
•  '  iMltvr  country,  that  la,  an  boaveuly.'  To  waku  thla  our 
huinv  anil  rmt,  la  to  not  in  <Uro(it  oi^waition  to  th«  plain 
pr«o«pta  of  tti«  Lord  anil  Maatur  whoae  nam*  w«i  boar. 
Tba  flrat  an«l  prinoi|)al  buaiiivaa  of  Ufa  ought,  unqueation* 
aMy,  to  Im  a  prapamtion  for  death,  in  the  manuur,  and 
by  the  meana,  which  Qqd  haa  gracionaly  rerealed  to  ue 
b  the  Bible ;  and  oh  I  what  unapeakable  oomfort  la  to  be 
fennd  In  that  bleaaed  volnme  t  llow  wonderAtI  la  the 
eehente  of  re<lemptlon  through  Chriat,  and  how  Mrtoniah- 
Ingly  anited  to  on/  neeeaaltiee  I  What  Indeaeribahle  oon. 
eobtlon  to  the  oontrite  abner  in  that  one  aaanranee,  that 
*Ood  wee  In  Ohrlet  reeonoUbig  the  world  unto  himaelf, 

and  not  lni|Hitlng  their  trecpMeee  anto  t&m  P 

May  we  all  be  eonnted  worthy  to  be  written  In  the 
Lambda  book  of  life,  and  It  matten  ttttle  how  few,  or 
how  nutay,  the  daya  af  oar  pUgrinage  mi^  be  here  on 
earth.** 

The  fcUowing  Wtlen,  addreaed  to  hk  broiber  and 
•lileiii^  were  in  anawer  to  thoae  oontaining  th«  partiou- 
lan  of  his  motlMr^i  Qeatb. 


(H 


**^T  ThUMO •:    t  need  not  any  wi^  what  dew 

Mid  eoleoHi  btereat  we  haYO  peroeed,  and  reperuaed, 
jf«y  fine  of  yenr  deeoHption  of  onr  aabted  mc!|her*e 
death.  Ptsr,  tender,  aftotionate,  pboe  Parent  I  m  lotag 
9f  ve  hare  \mJiU  to  feel,  thy  bebved  monwry  will,be 
feadly^«riahedbyaB.thyeldldrwl  Deeply  ai  we  bare 
fete  tUi  i^pantbn,  (Anr  loeh  it  ie  erento  ne  at  thia  great 

diUNfla,)  we  ean  noi  bnl  feel,  my  dear  0 ^  how  eel. 

10« 


m 


Mm:iimm 


m(m' 


^• 


xBMonM  or 

iMh  is  ontr  aorrow,  and  how  indaierilNiblo  the  gab  to  har 
for  whom  we  grieve  I  Could  we  behold  and  have  oom- 
manion  Mrith  her  glorified  spirit  now,  what  .cause  should 
we  see  for  thankfulness  and  joy  on  her  aooount  I  Her 
long  pilgrimage  is  endied,  she  has  fought  the  good  fight, 
she  has  fini^ed  her  course,  henceforth  there  is  '  hud  up 
for  her  a  crown  of  rigbtnousness,  wliioh  the  Lord,  the 
righteous  Judge,  shall  give  her  at  that  day.*  ....  God^ 
of  His  infinite  mercy,  grant  that' we  may  thus  be  allowed 
to  close  our  lives,  whether  long  or  short,  and  thus  *M\ 
asleep  In  Jesus,*  even  as  she  has  done.** 


**Bbrd  as  ihe  lesson  is,  my  dear  asters,  fbr  flesh  and 
blood  to  learnt  it  is  most  oertain  that  *  whom  the  Lord 
.loveth  He  ebastenetk*  Every  day*i  experience  diows 
me,  more  and  more,  that  affliction  constitutes  the  prinoi* 
pal  means  Which  the  Almighty  is  ideased  to  employ  to 
bring  OS  to  HimaeK;  throrgh  BBfion  Jesus  Christ,  who 
is,  emphataoally,  the  way,  the  truth,  and  the  life.  O 
my  bdoved  riirtetv !  if  we  are  deemed  worthy,  at  the  last;, 
through  BSs  merits  and  rif^iteousneas,  to  be  reodved  into 
the  UeMed  flock  of  Christ  with  what  joy  and  gratitude 
shall  we  look  back  on  these  *  light  aflUotions,*  which  are, 
compturatively, '  but  for  a  moment,*  and  whidi  if  rightly 
nked,  as  the  inUotion  of  a  gradous  Parent,  will  work  for 
ns  *  a  Ibr  more  ezoeeding  and  eternal  we%ht  of  fliory  I  *  ** 

The  want  of  a  regalarclnirohand  minister  beoomhig^ 
moie  and  more  ftlt  «aah  day,  especudly  as  the  time 
drew  near  when  Sir  Bdvraird's  oonneotion  wi^  ToH 
Stephens  would  cease,  he  detenmnisd  to  take  aetive 
measaies  to  s-im>l7  the  need.    He  ftlt  *'*  jit  he  ognld 


^(ijii'iifftiiiiinsiiiiiiitiiiii 


MMMtilaMa 


iiiiiiiM 


"f?* 


i  gdn  to  her, 
id  have  ooni« 
oftUM  ihould 
jount  I  H«r 
B  good  fight, 
>e  ii '  laid  up 
lie  Lord,  the 
....  Qodf. 
»  be  allowed 
nd  thai  *M 


r  19, 1889. 
br  fleih  and 
)in  the  Lord 
rienoe  diowa 
Bs  the  prind* 
c  employ  to 
I  Ohriit,  who 
the  life.  O 
^,  at  the  lai^ 
reodTed  iato 
ndgntitnde 
I,'  i^h  are, 
idi  if  rightly 
riN  -work  for' 
iofrforjri'"' 

er  beoomiilg^ 
aa  the  time 
i  wi^  Port 
take  aetive 
'jit  he  oonld; 

»s«5 ft-- -•■"*':;»*•«♦  • 


-wft.    I 


am  vf,  a.  rAsar. 

lot  leave  a  bettor  legao^  to  thoie  oyer  whoae  interesta 
he  had  lo  long  watched,  and  whom  he  was  now  about 
to  quit  for  ever,  than  a  building  oonaeorated  to  thf  aer- 
vioe  of  Him  whose  glory  had  been  his  constant  aim. 
A  site  was  aooordingly  determined  upon,  not  at  Oar- 
rington,  but  at  Stroud,  aa  being  more  control,  and  tlie 
principal  settlement  in  the  Company's  grant  Monday, 
April  29th,  1888,  was  a>di^  long  remembered  in  tlio 
oolony.  At  the  appointed  hour  of  eleven,  a  large  con- 
ooune  of  paopla  ftom  the  diffinrent  villages  assembled 
together,  when  the  flnt  stone  waa  laid  by  Sir  Bdward, 
and  a  auitabl^  Mrvioe,  selected  tar  the  oooasion,  read  by 
the  Rev.  0.  P.  Wiljton,  chaplain  of  Newcastle.  '.*  You 
may  imagine,'  said  Lady  Pany,  "what  an  impressive 
oonsion  it  was  altogether,  and  what  our  ftelmgs  were, 
m  dedicating  this  little  oh^wl  to  God,  eamesily  indeed 
did  w«  pray  that  He  would  send  down  His  blessing 
upon  it,  and  permit  Hli  Holy  Spirit  to  dweU  in  thil 
lUaoe,  and  hrbg  forth  the  flruitsof  true  holiMss,  so  that 
pesoe,  and 'theChispelof  peaoe,' miqrreigiithioa^hottt 
this  settlement,  whmi  we  are  ftr  awi^." 

**  Oar  Uttle  dhoreh,**  wrote  Sir  Edwaird,  after  an  Jnter- 
val  of  two  months,  **is  maUng  rapid  progress,  and  we 
eiqpeol  the  Ibmaof  the  veof  will  be  np  k  another  moath 
orslzwsela.  God  great  that  foose  ikithM  adiyster  of 
Jssos  Christ  may  be  found  to  preach  the  w«nd  of  God 
withbltswiUst  IthbkitwiUoostneneariy—ilVbnt 
w»  are  not  aftald  of  oar  ever  wanting  the  money,  or  oor 
eUUIrsB  after  as.  IwiihwawtMmoiewUUpgtoqMiiiaad 
beq^tlaGadlsasrvie*.  The  time  is  ihaarty  even  «ttM 
best,  and  we  most  'work  wUb  it  is  eaDed  to4ay,  for  tlM 
night  owneth,  when  no  man  ean  work  1*  **      m. 


iiil 


mm? 


mtHik 


■MMMUMte', 


tiS 


mnioias  or 


A  letter  flom  Lady  Fury,  just  ft  month  Uter,  tlho\* 
the  pleuing  waj  in  which  theee  hopes  were  re&lixed. 


**Austu$t  1, 1888. 
**  We  hare  lately  had  a  Tiait  from  a  person,  towards 
whom  we  feel  no  small  dqj^ree  of  interest.  Yon  may  im- 
agine the  interest  we  have  experienced,  in  becoming 
aoqnainted  with  the  Rer.  Mr.  Brioe,  when  I  tell  yon  that 
we  are  hoj^ng  to  reooeire  him  amongst  ns  as  our  mbis- 
ter,  and  are  going  to  delirer  np  the  spiritual  care  of  our 
little  flock  to  his  charge.  We  hnve  introduood  hhn  to  all 
onr  people,  and  were  very  mnoh  pleased  with  his  manner 
to  them  alL** 

■.,V,  -t. 

ta  t|«  firing  of  Um  next  yiv,  Sir  Edward's  engage* 
ment  with  the  OonqMnj  oame  to  n  dloee,  and  CoL 
])amareaq,*  a  man  in  iJl  reqpeotn  soch  as  he  would 
xhimaelf  have  seleofeed,  was  appointed  hie  snooeasor. 
The  Ibelingi  of  regret  wifli  whioh  he  prepared  to  leave 
a  ooontry,  which  had  been  a  sphere  of  iooh  enlarged 
beneTolMioe,  and  the  aoeue  of  ao  mueh  domestiohAiqpi- 
wen  not,  as  the  Mowing  lettem  show,  hj  any 
lunnuzed: 


'•  Oett*  teSh  of  Ootafd  DsasMH  wUoh  oeeoNd  •  *fryMn 
iMw,  (Mds  PMlip  tate  XNr  smomM  to  Mm  MMfwiMt  «r  Ihs 
em^mv^amin.  O^Sria  Haft  khMnir  e  nSIf* 
wvB  ^Y*— "  H  Dm  ssiisiw  of  Iks  AMtndli 
OoaS^  M  NMted  Us  B««  Adalidte  Am  J«t  lN«in  Uttetts  wUfdi 
took  phssKbnfcyMtli,  IMS.  Hits  s^  wUch  wss  T«y  ssMmi, 
«MMdanfe%Md«Bd«dTCnrinfNti»AMMfaste,bodiia  pidiliQ 
and  printolkk  Adoksl  Kii«  M  ssonsid  fhij 
ipsstorsIL"  '  ~ 


nmnttalMtn 


MiMMil 


later,  shoittf 
«  realised. 

«<  1,  1888. 

Bon,  towardi 
ITon  11U17  im- 
in  beooming 
tell  yoa  that 
Monrnuiua* 
1  care  of  oar 
Md  him  to  all 
h  his  maimer 


tid's  engage- 
le,  and  CoL 
IB  he  would 
■  BoooeMor. 
ired  to  leave 
oh  enlaiged 
■tiohajqpi* 
bow,  bjmj 


nd  •  few 


loath 
UtdMllHwUfli 


'.bottlapoliiie 
*Bdn> 


W.  ■.  VASBT. 


i^' 


.Sir  mbeard  Amy  U  Sir  J.  FrtmUiH. 

**  You  will,  I  am  rare,  be  dodrotu  of  knowing  whether 
my  ocming  to  thie  country  has  answered  my  expectations. 
In  pobt  of  emolument,  I  answer  that  it  has.  But  the 
country  is  so  dreadfbl  an  one  in  a  moral  point  of  view, 
and  the  duties  I  have  had  to  perform  have  been  often  so 
painflil,  that  I  oertably  should  not  have  undertaken  the 
ofllce,  had  I  known  wha»  it  was.  Still,  we  hare,  I  trust, 
be«i  the  means  of  doing  much  good,  not  only  to  the 
worldly  concerns  in  which  we  hr.re  been  engaged,  but, 
we  hope,  to  the  reUgiooi  and  moral  well-being  of  onr 
little  eeaunonity.** 

lb  J^.  (kmteOI,  Bag. 

**  Now  the.  we  are  aboot  to  quit  this  coontrj  tat  Sng. 
land,  it  afanoet  looks  Hke  a  dream  that  we  have  been 
here  at  aD.  We  can  harffly  bellere  that  we  knve  been, 
airaady,  neaily  imr  yonie  and  a  half  absent,  and  yon  nuqr 
imagine  wkh  what  pteaaam,  and  yet  with  iHiat  ftar  and 
tNnbttBg,  we  now  Twtare  tolook  forward  to  aeeing  our 
dear  fitiends  at  hoane  enee  mora.  We  can  not  eonteni' 
plate  onr  Tojaga  efl«,000  ailaa,  with  fonr  little  childran 
without  oonaitebg  it  a  great  nndertakiqg^  but  we  en- 
deavor to  commit  ^lem  and  onrselTm  unto  God,  *asnnto 
f  AithfU  Oreptoc*  and  Ahntgh^  ^«od.  Ton  will  be 
gratiled  to  hear  that  the  alBdra  <tf  the  ifjiompany,  wlioee 
ooneamaleanM  ont  toeontrol,  are .aaanwing  the  most 
cheering  and  aatisftetory  aspeet.  I  have  the  satisfiMtion 
of  iMtag  thit  nqr^iKW^ons  have  been  the  means  of 
eteahrfng  an  Augean  ataMe,  which,  even  tony  sejjj  seemed 
hopdaas^  ARr.fhe  flnt  two  y«|ra  of  my  r^enoe  ifa  this 
colony.  Bvt  it  has  coat  me  more  than  the  fonr  yean  I 
have  qpent  here^  liaving  tdd  on  me  Kke  ten.** 


iM 


I II mm...  mini    -. 


(MM  OV 

Oa  Sunday,  the  9th  Maroh,  1884»  Sir  Edward 
pioaohed  his  fitrewoU  aermon  al  Oarrington.  The  text 
waa  ftom  St  Paal'a  addreai  to  the  Bpheaian  elders  at 
lliletas,  (Acta  30 :  82 ;)  and  deeply  aolemn  and  aiEwt- 
ing  mnit  have  been  the  words,  which  then,  for  the  last 
time,  idlfrom  the  lips  of  one^  who,  like  Paul,  "  through 
evil  report  and  good  reftort,"  had  faithfully  discharged 
the  tniflt  oommiited  to  him,  and  whose  fiioe  his  hearara 
were  now  about  to  "  see  no  more"  in  this  world.  Earn- 
estly and  affectionately  he  urged  all  to  ponder  deeply 
on  the  wotds  of  eternal  lifb^  whioh,  by  the  giaoe  of 
God,  he  had  sought  to  impress  upon  their  mindB  in 
that  "oarpenter's  shop;"  while,  at  the  same  time,  he 
humbled  himself  tat  whalb  might  have  bem  left  undone 
on  Ub  part  "  How  different,"  heaaid,  "  must  my  Urn- 
goage  be  from  Paul'a  I  How  many  oooaaions  have  I 
ni^leoted  of  pressmg  on  your  attention  the  ooneoms  of 
elsmiity  I  But^  though  I  desire  tp  be  humUed  in  self- 
abasement  bfl&UB  yoo,  and  in  the  sight  of  Qod,  for  this» 
I  may,  poriu^  be  pwrmitted  to  say  that,  during  more 
than  fimr  year%  I  have  entertained  a  smeora  desire  to 
peomoto  yeqr  qiiritnal  weUm  I"  "  At  die  eondusicNi 
of  the  sermon,"  says  Mr.  Bbsworth,  "I  was  walking 
ttook  Oarrington  towards  Tshlee  with  Ool.  Dumaresq, 
idMU  the  lattai^remaikBd  to  me,  *  I  have  tnvidled  a 
great  deil  during  my  lift,  and  mixed  mudh  irith  men, 
but  ^^ointimg  to  Sir  Bdward,  who  was  walking  a  jfeort 
distutoe  in  front)  in  all  n^tnavda  I  never  met  wi^  hi» 
eqwdlVr 

In  Jttne^  I8H  Sir  Edward  and  UOj  Pnrry,  with 
their  i>ac«hiidren,«mbadks&at9iydBey  in  the"BMN 
nan,"  and  arrived  at  Qxavesend  ia  the  following  No* 


iMMMitai 


}ir  Edward 
1.  The  text 
AH  elders  at 
a  and  affliaet- 
i,  for  the  last 
U,  "  through 
|r  discharged 
9  his  hearam 
arid.  Earn' 
mdar  deeplj 
h«  giaoeof 
tr  miacla  in 
tne  time,  he 
I  left  undone 
luat  my  Ian- 
ions  hayel 
coneonuiof 
Uedinaelf- 
lod,  for  thifli 
luring  mors 
Bradeoreto 
t  eondusicNi 
ras' walking 
Dnmaresq, 
tnvidled  a 
titrithmen, 
Idn^ajliort 
aetwi^liia 

l*nny,  vitlk 
X  the«B«». 
Bowing  No* 


(, 


Sra  -W.  ■.  rABBY. 


Tember,  after  a  voyage  of  five  months.  "I  feel  it  a 
surprise,  every  time  I  see  Parry,"  are  the  words  of  one 
who  met  him  shortly  after  his  return.  "  There  seems 
to  be  a  power  of  simplifying  whatever  comes  near  him, 
— «n  atmosphere  in  which  trifles  die  a  natural  death— 
a  single*hearted  BteadfiMrtnesB  that  does  one  good  to  lode 
at  He  is  like  a  took  in  his  firmness  and  fixedness  of 
purpose,  and  yet  so  ready  to  take  into  oonaideration  the 
t>ther  side.  He  spoke  with  oandor  and  moderation  of , 
all  the  pec^le  who  di&red  with  him  in  Australia,  like 
a  man  who  had  too  much  to  do  with  tlu9  ptaotioal  and 
real  parts  of  things  to  dwell  upon  tedmioalitiei  I 
'  was  not  surprised  to  find  him  in  suoh  delight  with 
'  Abbott's  Ck>mer  Stone,'  whiofauhe  was  reading  aloud 
to  hiraseli^  it  is  so  ezaoUy  like  Us  own  eamestt  simpla 
smotoity.  But  I  was  grieved  to  see  the  languor  of  his- 
manner  and  look,  and  to  hear  him  talk  of  not  being  up 
to  a  night  jourmy  in  the  ooaoh,  cr  to  bttuness  of  any 
kind,  fiMr  that  lie  had  never  Mi  well  since  ho  landed. 
He  looks,  indeed,  as  he  sayake  feels,  ten  yean  older." 
Towarde  the  doae  of  the  same  year,,  Ihe  direeUncs  td 
tbe 'Australian  Agricultural  Oompany  invited  him  to 
a  puUie  dinner,  and  pMseated  bim  irhh  a  handaome 
sarvioe  of  plats^  hi  testimony  of  the  Ugh  sense  they  en^ 
tsrtahMd  of  Kha  beoeflls  eonftned  by  him  upon  the 
o(toqri  during  hia  raiidMiaeibere. 

"At  Port  Stapheoa,"  (w«  quote  from  one*  who 
vidtsd  tllKt  plaoe  some  ye^H  later,)  ^^Sir  Edimd 
Puny  fbond  a  wildemeai^  but  left  it  aland  of  hope  and 
pidntek  iMg  ntfl  Ills  amM  be  lemembeAd  wifli 
lov*  and  sBfiMMib  fee  menm  mka»k  ate  vmm  ba 


.  i>H...' 


a  Ite  Mter  Of  ••Hm  Mmmib  flf  Awlmlls," 


'•Ci 


iiiiiiiskrii 


MiiuyaiiMWMria 


UMiiiili  itiWiiBiiiliiirif  fi»if  [Mifit 


UMOIM  OV 


requited  by  earthly  reward.  His  reword  miut  be  ftuta 
on  high,  in  that  recognition  of  a  good  and  fiuthAil  ler* 
rant,  who  while  fVilfllling  the  charge  of  an  earthly 
■tewardship,  remembered  the  yet  higher  tnut  of  a 
heavenly  oommiaiion,  and,  planting  hia  Maater^a  vine- 
yard with  Roiona  of  the  '  taree  of  life,'  reared  a  ohuroh  in 
the  barren  deterta  of  a  heathen  land.  Sir  Edward  Parry 
labored  aa  a  mianonary  among  the  oonviot  lervanta  of 
hia  aztensire  eotobliahment,  contending  with  a  thou- 
Mad  difllcaltiai  over  incident  to  a  spiritoal  reform. 
He  erected  a  small  but  beautiftd  church  on  the  rich 
borders  of  the  calm  Karuah,  where  a  flock  aoon  gUully 
assembled,  to  join  in  the  sweet  inoense  of  prayer  and 
praise^  where  never  prayer  was  hmxd  before ;  and  hia 
example  animated  odMn  to  do  the  like.  ....  It  was 
■I  the  oloBe  of  a  beautiftd  Sabbath  day,  that  I  once*  sal* 
lied  forth  for  aa  evening'a  stroll,  and  almost  unoon* 
Bcioualy  wandered  to  a  convict's  hut,  whidh  stood  on 
the  holders  of  the  ooast  Attracted  by  the  sound  of 
voices^  as  of  children  reading,  I  pmiaed  to  listen,  and, 
although  too  ftrfrcHn  the  dweUing  to  hear  distinctly,  I 
saw,  throned  the  open  doorway,  what  was  pasiring 
within.  The  fiither  of  the  Hunily,  a  conviot,  sat  near 
the  entrance  with  a  young  child  oa  his  knee,  while 
llhree  older  ones  were  grouped  around  him,  reading 
fttnn  the  Scriptures,  which  from  time  to  time  he  ez' 
plained  to  them.  Unwilling  to  intrude  upon  a  fiunily 
thua  ODgaged,  I  returned  home^  unperoeived  by  those 
who  had  thus  attracted  and  intereatod  me,  but  on  the 
following  day  I  heard,  from  the  lips  of  his  wUb,  the 
oircumstaaeea  of  the  convict's  traaqwctation.  Frovi* 
dentially,  he  had  been  assigned  to  the  service  of  the 


issfeijK^asd 


f.^i^,^^ 


^MfHH 


mtutbeflrum 
1  fiutbAil  Mr* 
'  an  earthly 
ir  tnut  of  a 
la>ter*a  vine* 
d  A  ohuroh  in 
idword  Parry 
t  lervMitoof 
irith  a  thoa- 
itiud  reform, 
on  the  rich 
c  10011  gladly 
f  prayer  and 
>re;  and  his 
.  .  .  It  was 
at  I  onoeial* 
moat  unoon- 
idh  itood  on 
lihesoondL  of 
0  listen,  and, 
■diitinotly,  I 
mm  pairing 
viot,  aatnear 
knee,  while 
him,  reading 
time  he  ex- 
pona  ikmily 
red  by  thoae 
e,  but  on  the 
his  wife,  the 
tion.  Frovi* 
arioe  of  the 


■I&  w.  a  rASBT.  mi 

Agrioultoral  Company,  and,  under  the  Ohristian  teach- 
ing  of  Sir  Edward  Parry  and  his  wife,  had  been  led  to 
see  the  folly  of  worldly  wickedness,  and  the  deep  import- 
ance of  ^ose  better  things,  which  now  formed  his 
highest  priyilege  and  consolation.  These  blessings 
were*  among  the  many  firuits  of  the  missionary  exer* 
tiooa  of  Sir  Edward  Parry  and  his  now  sainted  wife, 
who  both  lived  in  the  grateftil  affections  of  many  a 
chastened  heart,  k>ng  afta  they  had  ceased  to  take  a 
personal  share  in  the  interesta  of  thai  &r  distant  colony." 


•••■>{>?-.», 


■*^5iB/*^i(i«lv*  t!i./j^Vi 


■4^'.  v^:    if.:, 

■■a      i-.'      '^4     y 


imimmimiigmmiimmiKm 


OHAPTBBX. 


▲ppoiatniMit  jw  AMiilMit  FoQr>Law  < 
of  tIdMt  Daoghtor— RaiigiMtkm  of  OtBo  of  FooT'Iaw  Oommto- 
lioiMr— Appotetmrat  m  ComptroUor  of  StoMt  Maohlawjr^-DMrth  of 
ToangMtObOd— AM«d  T.  Ka^a^-DMiUi  of  liadljr  Fany— "  FWMtal 
HHnnitir  of  God." 

188&— 1840. 

.  TOWABM  the  end  of  the  year  in  wbioh  Sir  Edward 
returned  fiom  New  South  Wales,  a  vacancy  baviog 
occurred  in  the  repreaontation  of  Bath,  be  reoeivied  a 
formal  invitation,  from  aome  of  the  moat  influential 
memheis  of  his  native  oity,  to  allow  himself  to  be 
nominated  as  a  candidate  for  tbe  vacant  seat  So 
had,  kowKver,  nothing  of  •>  party  qiiiil  in  him,  and 
he  ftit  that  his  previous  fifo  had  so  litUe  qualifled 
him  for  the  effident  discharge  of  ParUamentaiy  du* 
ties,  that  1m  had  no  hesitation  in  declining  so  flatter- 
ing in  oSn.  The  state  of  his  health,  which  for  some 
time  had  be^n  much  impaired,  induced  him^  at  flrsti 
to  denre  a  period  of  relaxation  from  work  <^  aAy 
kind ;  bu^.  the  prospect  of  a  c(miparative\y  idle  lifo, 
even  for  a  limited  time^  proved  bo  irksome,  that,  after 
some  ooiiridciraticMa,  he  apfdied  for  the  vieaiit  post  of 
Assistant  Poo^Law.OommiB9kmer  ia  Iht  Cknuty  <i 
Norfolk.  * ;^';. ;L^.-.  ;.   ■  -■  .'> 


ir-L»w  Oommit- 
itawrjr— Daath  of 
"Fwwtel 


9ir  Edward 
lanoy  having 
e  receiyied  a 
It  influential 
imaelf  to  be 
t  Mat  He 
in  him,  and 
EUe  qnalifled 
imentaiydn* 
ig  ioflatter- 
oh  for  lome 
iiai,  at  flrsti 
rork  cS  an j 
b\j  idle  llfb, 
le,  that,  after 
Manl  post  of 
I  Ooanty  ti 


iwiiiiiMii 


**Wineh»$t$r,  Jan.  SI,  IStS. 

.  "  From  my  late  masten  (the  Direotoni 

of  the  Aiutralian  Compaojr)  I  have  received  the  motf 
UMfhl  teslitnonj,  beoaoM  their  recommendation  allbota 
my  character  and  abilitiea  in  the  management  of  civil 
affkirs ;  whereaa  a  very  good  Polar  navigator,  in  whioh 
capacity  alone  I  am  pnUidy  known,  might  make  a  very 
bad  PoornLaw  OoTOMimiaBer.  Aa  fer  the  work  in  that 
podtion,  whioh  ie  Mid  to  be  meet  laborioiu,  I  liave 
worked  pvetty  hard  aO  my  life,  and  do  not  expect  to 
be  exempted  from  hard  work,  to  limg  ai  the  Ahnighty 
li  pleaaed  to  give  ma  bodily  and  mental  power  tut  do> 
bgil.'* 

•  In  March,  1886,  he  i«oeiv«d'lhe  appointment  aa  Aa* 
Blatant  OommiarioiMr,  for  whioh  poet  there  were  up- 
warda  of  a  thonaand  aandidatea  ^t  act,  peaMd  in 
1884)  to  nmedy  the  abuaea  whioh  eniatad  under  the 
old  Poor-Law  Adanniatration,  nmderad  the  dotiea  dT 
the  aitiMttton  ardaott%  and  often  Terj  nnpl— way  bj 
bringing  him  inAo  oontaot  with  tiiooe  who  won  vmr 
willing  to  aoqnitaoe  in  the  now  order  flithingik  Tbopp 
dntiea,  moraoTor,  invoWod  a  kind  of  milgfatQiry  Uli 
firom  one  port  ^  the  ooontj  to  another,  whioh  ymr 
dodad  the  poaribiUtj  of  any  fixed  feaidenoa  wiA 
lua  flunilj.  He  wia  oontinaaDy  obliged  to  bo  abaont 
fiom  home  on  bnainoMi,  and,  even  when  then,  waa 
UBually  employed  fiom  moniiiv  tiU  ni|^  in  oAoial 
oorreqpondeaoe. .  . 

'<4|N«  «,  1886. 

hw£  aa  wo<k'*liMendBg*  myeil^  from  dx  in 
fhe  mon^  tltt  eleven  or  twelve  at  ai^  I  have 
^ned  out  nowhere,  and  am,  every  hoar,  piling  iqp  i 


*.^ ... 


timimilmmiiiiKimtmmAmHmM 


iwM  iaftNraialloii  rdatfaig  to  mj  m&w  rocMkn,  I  Ml 
U  to  b«  an  ardaoai  taak,  bat  I  alio  AmI  thai  In  •  ahort 
4iBM  I  ihall  ba  OM  yWf  at  it,  and  aaah  day  I  aaa  nKNra  of 
ita  bnportanaa,  and  taka  a  grattcr  ~»«»iMd  iataraat  fai 
tiM  anljaet,  in  proportion  aa  I  mo  with  my  own  ayaa 
Mora  of  tha  wratohad  spfUm  w'oioh  haa  baan  tolaralad 
ao  many  yaaio." 

At  tha  the  and  of  tiM  im  two  montlia,  Lady  Vwrj 

wAtm: 

**MatHthaa,  J^mt  10, 188S. 

.  •*  It  iawaatiMma  work  Aw  Sir  Edward, 
asd  I  wiah  ha  ooaU  hava  a  littla  mora  rapoaa,  hvA  ha  gata 
on  Tory  tolarably  with  hia  datiaa,  and  thoogh  diOo^daa 
«id  trottblaa  oooar  oooaalonally,  ha  aaya  ha  aaaa  hia  waj 
▼ti7fllaariy,andMamatobagdngoaMlia8Mtority;  bat 
d  ra^priiaa  mneh  OMra  tkna  and  eautioB,  aa  may  ba  ax- 
paelad,  whan  ao  oMmy  ^Hfbraat  eharaotan  ara  aonoamad. 
Bvary  day^  woik,  and  arary  now  pfaMa  ha  goaa  to,  makaa 
Urn  aaa  mora  okiarly  how  grant  tha  naoaarfty  waa  Air 
aooM  ahaaga.  Ha  Anda  thla  eoanty  ftitt  of  tha  moat 
violam  pw^  apirto,  bat  ha  aontrhraa  to  ataar  qaita  olaar, 
mA  laH  thaaa  dl  aaa  ha  baiangi  ta  no  party,  bat  ia  daafa^ 
aaa  &*  doiag  lUa  da^  aaeavdiag  to  what  oppaaaa  to  him 
f|gh^  MriaAnaaoad  by  any  poUtioal  or  party  apirit.  Ha 
J^  h^  oaa  or  two  vary  aatidhatory  auiatbga  lately,  and 
l^fn  hanra  bean  told  that  ha  haa  orareoma  tha  pnt}adioaa 
flf  aavaral  asamiaa  of  thf  new  qritem,  in  aoa^  of  the 
pariahaa  ha  haa  htaly  Tiattad.** 

The  Mowing,  torn  Sir  Bdwaid  himaeU;  ia  to  tiM 
■ameeffiBot:  -x 

'*It  ia  aatoniihing  how  littla  oppoaitioB  wa  hata  nil 
with,  ooaMdering  how  mighty  a  ohai^  It  ia  whiah  ipa 


iittiii 


■ra  w.  a  FAsar. 


Hon.  I  f««l 
I  In  •  tbort 
•Mmortof 
!  LMfMl  la 
17  own  ajTM 
m  tobraud 


Lady  Parry 

1 10,  1888. 

BirBdimd, 
,birtlMgcta 
lidiOoidUM 
MM  his  wa  J 
fltorilj;  bai 
I  maylMMC* 
•  wmoMved. 
MiUsmakw 
rftf  WM  far 
if  tlw  nbH 
rfolMelaar, 
b«lbd«iiiw 
fun  to  him 
r  ipifit.  H« 
p  lately,  and 
M  ]pit}adiow 
•oiM  of  tho 

O^iato  tha 

y.8,188^ 
rabata  ml$ 
ii  whiah  w$ 


« 


!(' 


am  •mplojrad  in  bringing  alMut,  and  bow  oppoatd  tba 
new  tnoMurw  am  to  evvrj  ponon'a  notion  on  tho  Mul^not, 
both  among  poor  and  rioh.  In  this  ooantjr,  I  havo  tbf 
■atialkotbn  of  flndiqg  that  tha  pr^udioa  it  flwt  waariim 
away ;  and,  though  It  will,  (br  Minia  Una,  oootinua  to  ba 
iipJiill  work,  I  MM  no  real  diAeuity  in  bringing  the  nea* 
■uroe  into  oompleCe  operation,  if  the  goTanuneot  will  only 
■uj^rt  and  itrongthen  oe.** 

• 

In  tha  early  part  of  the  year  1886,  U>ey  ramovad 
from  Matliahidl  toOongham  Lodge,  n«ar  Oaalla  Biaiiig. 
Thia  waa,  on  many  aoooonti^  a  pleaaant  ohange;  and 
thay  found  muoh  reflfaahment  and  comfort  in  tha 
IHendship  of  tha  Hon.  and  Rev.  W.  J.  Brodriok,  Raotor 
hi  Oaalla  Riaing,  and  hia  wifo.  It  aoon,  howarar,  ba* 
oama  aridant  that  Sir  Edward's  haalth  wai  entbaly 
giring  way  undar  tha  preasuia  of  work ;  and  hia  mad* 
ioal  adTiaan  daolarad,  positiTaly,  that  total  rest  of  bo^y 
and  mbd  waa  abaolatdy  neoawary.  Ijndar  thaae  olr- 
oamatanoea,  ha  waa  al  length  iaduoad,  with  iMidi  iw> 
Inotanoe,  to  tendar  hia  reaignatiott  to  t^  Oantral  Boaid 
of  OtMnniMoiMn  in  Lonkn.  la  aaoipliBf  hia  rMig* 
nation,  tha  OommiasionMrs  axpreaaed  ^sii  iigral»  "  on 
their  own  aooovnt,  personally,  bat  atill  mora  on  !«• 
OGont  ot  tha  loss  of  his  paUk)  saryioes^  tiia  yalna  of 
which  they  had  laamt  Mtj  to  i^praoiate^  ftom  tho 
many  prooft  thej  had  raoatred  of  the  diaoreat,  Jodi- 
ciooi^  and  effldent  manner  in  which  ht  had  ooodftolad 
KiaoparalioBainNoHblk.'^ 


**  The  ooeMBiadoiMn^  (ha  writes  to  his  brother)  •«  hare 
behaTed  la  a  most  Uad  Md  handsome  way,  and  eTinoed 
a  Tery  graUfyfa^  ralaotaaoe  to  part  with  ma  aa  one  of 


n*t 


iMa,.j.jiiaii 


iMr  MklMMMb  BM  Um  mm  Hm  Immni*  m  nliir  tfeM 
I  Im?»  tint  in  nj  oAd*!  rMlgnntlon,  Md  axpaot  (o  bo 
nlUvwl  flrota  my  Ukbon,  whldi  I  roqiiir*  laoni  mmI 
mora.  It  U  eooklbilMhto  In  um  mom,  but  •Moatft>rt«bl« 
fai  ■nothcr,  to  know  tbnt  mj  mmm*  In  tkli  oonuty  Km 
bMtt  eonaUJomblo.  It  wonld  o«rtainly,  1mt«  bMn  mom 
■gMMbk  lo  have  rMp«tl  thn  fbll  b«B«At  of  mjr  •xertiona, 
b«t  thia  Mn  not  b«  holpod,  m  I  mb  m  nntlrnng  tiMt  I 
Boat  hnfM  rwt.  .  .  .  Yon  will  not  wondor  that  I  •koald 
bo  ikli  of  tho  Tory  il|^t  of  pM  aod  Ink,  whan  I  tall  yon 
thaA  hr  OMntha  paal,  I  bava  baan  wrtelag  i^Kmt  dbrty 
laWaw  a  waak,  by  way  ot  llUag  op  tha  totarrab  wliloii 
aan  ba  ■parad  from  otfior  dottoi)  tka  laMar  bvohrinf 
Iba  traTdUag  of  laoo  mlka  par  qaartar,  ehlaiy  in  a 


13ia  Moottd  jwr  apant  in  Nodblk  waa  marked 
bj  a  aarara  flmUy  trial.  Tha  aoariet  frrar,  which 
bad  fbr  aoma  tima  ragad  lika  an  ei^damio  in  tha 
naighboriiood,  riaitad  Oongham  Lodge,  and  prorad 
fM  to  thair  eldMt  daughter,  ImbdUa,  one  of  tha 
twina  bom  on  their  unriTal  at  Sydney.  Almoat  im« 
nMdialriy  bdbra  bir  daa*,  ha  wrato  to  hia  Mand. 
Mr.  QNaawell! 

**O<m0ham  Loifft^  Mmth  4, 1886. 

^MTPnAnOa—waLi ;  Whan  tha arantia  to  take  plaoa, 
ki  onty  known  to  Bfaa  who  ordaia  It,  bnt  we  harp  mt  kmgar 
any  hope  of  oar  beknred  ehiUhe  HA.  Lady  Plwry  hM 
had  a  bittar  idght,  bat  not  tha  wotm  eertahily,  I  ■honki 
Mj,  tha  better— fcr  hfkTiag  been  permitted  to  bm  h«r 
dying  eUld.  For  my  own  part,  I  long  to  fMl  that  my 
oi^  li  «*  <br  ever  hi  the  SiviQpr^  arn^  TonaadI, 
my  detr  fliend,  wdtknow  HMre  la  notUag  b  tliia  rorid 
Ibr  whkh  we  dMM  daeira  to  detain  her.**  -^ 


laa&tJaEH^g-^ 


(|HN)t  (o  bo 


oomfortiiblo 
ootttttjr  hM 
b«tB  mora 
y  •xerttona, 
■■ng  tlMM  I 
lat  I  nboald 
n  I  toll  700 

mkwhkk 
r  bvohriag 
diMy  ka 

M  marked 
rer,  which 
nio  m  Um 
ad  prored 
me  of  the 
UouMt  im- 
hia  Mend. 

» 4, 1SS6. 
•take  place, 
ewokmger 
Fl^  haa 

to  lee  her 
•1  that  my 
To*  and  I, 
itUarorid 


■BIT.  &  VAMIT. 


m 


Tier  death  occurred  on  the  0th  of  Murah,  and  niio 
waa  buried  in  the  ohanool  of  CamiU  liininK  Obumh, 
"  one  of  the  lamba  of  Chrirt'ii  bleeMNl  HcHsk,"  "  Tliom 
which  ileep  in  Jeaua  ihall  (lod  bring  with  II  im,"  ia  the 
motlo  on  the  little  marble  Ublct,  which  marWa  the 
place  of  her  interment. 

**  In  the  ooomt  of  about  m? en  weeki,  we  had  thirteen 
oaaee  of  the  complaint  which  carried  off  our  belovad 
ehild,  thongh  it  waa  varlooaly  modified  b  diftrent  in> 
Maaeetk  We  had,  at  one  Ume,  eeren  b  bed  at  onoe, 
oatil  no  mora  bade  ooold  be  Ibond,  and  we  had  to  hira 
ainoal  a  dapUcato  let  of  eenranta  to  mpplj  the  pboe  of 
thoee  #ho  wera  ill,  belndbg  two  nanea.  Yon  may 
bMgbe,  therdbra,  what  an  hoipllal  cor  hoiue  haa  been, 
and,  aa  JjAy  Parrj  haa  herMlf  been  oonflned  to  her 
bed  dorbg  meet  of  the  time,  the  Tlaitbg  of  every  room, 
and  the  diapeaibg  of  all  the  medldnea,  ftU  upon  my- 

.They  left  Oongham   in  Deoember  of  toe  lama 

•  We  dbed**  (Lady  Parry  writaa  b  her  Joarnal)  ••  at 
Oiatto  Rkbg  Rectory,  on  our  fbrawen  viaH.  Befora  we 
left  it,  we  four  met  in  the  atudy,  and  had  a  partb|^ 
prayer.  We  know  not  when  we  ahall  meet  again  at 
tUi  dear  place;  but  no  cUatance  can  aeparate  na  teom 
MMh  dear  IHenda^  and,  b  eptrit,  we  riiall  often  meet 
TUi  bM*  day  waa  a  very  pati^  one  altogether,  for  thk 
ptaaebatfweBdaaradtonabyatUwIiich  can  nererbe 
bvokea."  • 

The  day  bdbi«  thay  laft  Horfolk,  Siir  Bd«ni4 
wtoia  the  following  to  a  friend,  who  had  been  in 
grMt  axuJety  about  one  of  her  ohildffti,  nnder  aoarlet 
*»v«r: 


MMil 


innitiinii  iiiiiiiiViiMiiiaii  liiiiiiiii'riiiiihiiiiiii 


im  .  I.  ,  imni,>.n|ii 


iiHI«H»        lir»nmiLMI.Vi|     ' 


840 


MuiooM  oy 


*'C<Mi^Aam,  2^.  e,  1886. 
**  Mt  tbbt  Dxab  Fbodtd  :  Yoa  were  bdeed  right  in 
■uppoaing  that  I  ooald  not  Ie»Te  Oongliam  without  • 
parting  lino.  How  well  do  I  know  (I  flatter  mywlf  few 
people  know  better)  the  oonfliot  which  jroar  dear  diiUd's 
illneaa  has  raised  in  yoar  mind !  The  wateta  hare  been 
deep  and  troubled,  but  I  triut  that  the  enoonriiging 
words,  *  It  is  I,  be  not  afraid,'  have  sounded  in  your  ears, 
and  strengthened  yonr  heart,  throughout  the  whole  «f  it. . 
Oh !  the  weakness  of  our  fitith  1  We  are  not  satisfied 
with  the  dispensations  of  a  Saviour,  whom  we  know  to 
be  alUmeroiful,  as  well  as  almighty.  How  exactly  our 
oondnot  resembles  that  of  our  chOdren  towards  ounel/es ! 
And,  then,  to  think  that  our  Father  can  not  err  in  His 
correction  t  It  is,  mdeed,  a  thought  fhll  of  comfort — all 
His  correction  working  for  His  own  glory,  and  our  salva- 
tion. I  trust  that  this  trial  has,  as  I  have  no  doubt  it 
has,  brought  the  reality  of  eternal  things  more  clearly 
before  you ;  for,  just  in  inroportion  as  this  is  the  case, 
are  we  led  to  see  the  love  of  God  hi-snch  events,  3lay 
that  love  be  more  and  more  clearly  manifested  to  yon, 
and  may  yon  be  led  to  trust  ffim  more  nnreservedly, 
who  is  worthy  of  all  oar  trust,  for  He  is  feithM  who  hatii 
promised  1" 

':  ^^  finfe  moath  after  thej  liad  left  Oongbam  wm 
Bpent  at  Aldarlej.  In  Febroiay,  1887,  S»  Ei^lraid  wm 
employed  fax  «  short  time,  by  the  Adminlly,  in  tlw 
ozganizatioii  of  ihe  Paoket  aerrioe  bitwMn  the  IiT8^ 
pool,  Holyhead,  aai  DaUiu  statioiia.  For  liik  par> . 
pose,  he  went  down  with  l»dj  P«?xy  and  oae  of  kw 
children  to  Holyhead,  and  while  he  wee  engaged  .in 
going  to  and  fro  between  that  port  and  Dtddin,  th«y 


%«6iti«it»«iii.,iJ^-»^  - 


Dee.  e,  1886. 

ideed  right  in 
lam  withoat  a 
ter  mjwlf  few 
nr  dear  dhUd*a 
len  have  been 
e  onooaMging 
fd  in  your  Mn, 
,he  wbdcofit. 
■•  notMtiifi«d 
m  w«  know  to 
m  exactly  our 
urdtounel/Mt 
not  err  in  His 
f  comfort— all 
and  oar  talTa- 
re  no  dbabt  it 
1  more  clearly 
ia  is  the  ease, 
events,  3lay 
fested  to  yon, 
nnreserredly, 
thM  who  hath 


Jowgham 
irl^lraid^ 
link^,  in  tbe 
ten  thelJiTtt^ 
For  liut  jpat* 
nd  (me  ofkw 


IB  engaged  m 
Dtildin,  th«j 


•m  W.  B.  PAUT, 


Ml 


Mmained  at  P«&rhoi^  Sir  John  Stonley's  aeat  in  North 
Wale*    Thif  engagement,  however,  did  not  last  long ; 
and  hia  health  icon  became  so  fhr  improved  that  be 
WM  anzioua  to  be  onoe  more   actively  employed. 
WhUe  on  a  Tiiit  at  Basing  Park,  in  Hampshiie,  the 
■eat  of  bia  blothe^in.law,  Joaeph  Martineau,  Esq., 
an  opportunity  pnaented  itiel£    The  introdaotion  of 
■learn  power  into  the  mrj  had  wrought  a  great  change 
in  the  aervioek  during  the  quarter  of  a  oentuiy  which 
had  elapnd  ainoe  he,  for  the  flnt  time,  saw  an  engine 
at  work  in  Fwtnnouth  dockyard.    A  ^ew  department 
waa,  about  this  time,  Ibnned  at  the  Admiralty,  and  the 
■nperintendenoe  offcrxl  to,  and  aooepted  by,  Sir  Ed- 
ward, under  the  atle  of  Comptroller  of  Steam  Ma- 
chinery.   Ae  hii  dutiee  required  him  to  be  in  dose 
oommunicatton  with  the  Admiralty,  he  now,  for  the 
flnt  time,  made  a  permanent  home  in  London,  and 
purohaMd  a  houM  in  Devonshire  Place.    While  this 
waa  preparing  for  their  reoeption,  La^y  Paixy  and  her 
ohildren  ipent  a  ftw  weeks  in  the  autumn  at  Worthing. 
The  youngMt  ohild,  bom  shortly  after  the  firtal  illneoa 
qCher  aUter  a*  Ooo^^aoH-"  lent  to  them,"  to  um  their 
own  woid%  "^  oomfort  them  for  the  loa  of  their  be- 
loved ohiW-liad,  for  aome  time  part,  been  drooping: 
■ad  BMh  hMl  ban  hflped  from  tha  faanefloial  flflbota 
of  aM  9k.   It  wm,  however,  ordained  otherwiae ;  and 
her  parmlB  warn,  onoe  noie^  called  upon  to  leaign 
thflnaalv«%  in  hnmbla  mbmiakHl,  to  the  dsarae  of  a 
higher  wilL    Sir  Kiraid  IImi*  Mknowtodgea^  a  letter 
€#  9inpa%ftom  IfiK  B^,  with  whom  he  had,  for 
many  jmu,  hma  on  tenoi  of  the  noil  iftMibBato 
ftien4ih^t  .-^^•^^  .  r'  i^^-i^-,^  •.*-. 


•^-  ■■^■Mfcg 


849 


xmoiBB  uv 


'       >  **AdniraUy,  Sept.  16, 1B97.    '! 

"MrDaJLiiPBiBm):  It  iris  very  kind  of  you  to  call  upon 
me  yerterday,  and  I  truly  regret  having  been  over  at  the 
Admiralty,  when  you  came  to  my  office  m  New  Street. 
I  need  not  say  how  welcome  a  cordial  your  sympathy  is 
to  my  dear  wife  and  myseU;  on  such  an  occasion  as  that 
of  our  late  loss— a  loss  for  us,  for  the  present— to  our 
dear  babe  incalculable  gain.    We  have  now  four  UtUe 
ones  safe,  quite  safe  within  the  fold,  and  I  assure  yon 
that  we  bless  and  praise  God  for  it.    When  we  see  aU 
the  sin  and  sorrow  around  us,  we  ought  to  esteem  it  • 
happiness  when  our  little  ones  are  removed  from  it  all, 
at  an  age  when  there  can  be  no  reasonable  doubt  of  their 
Mfety.    I  am  thankfU  to  say  that  my  wjfe  has  kissed  the 
rod  on  this,  as  on  former  oooaidons,  with  :the  sweetest 
Christian  snbmisnon.    She  has  been  enal^  to  see,  once 
more,  with  peculiar  deamess,  the  love,  the  tender  and 
undoubted  love  of  God,  in  this  trial    She  receives  it  as 
an  assurance  that  she  is  still  ffia  child,  and  that  He  will 
not  leave  her  to  herself    Hers  is  the  mmplest,  and  most 
childlike  fitith,  and  she  reaps  its  promised  reward,  on  such 
occa^ns  aa  this,  *  peace  and  joy  in  believing.* 

«•  On  Monday  I  brought  to  town  the  remains  of  our 
dear  babe,  and  kid  them,  until  the  morning  of  the  resur- 
Tection,  bedde  those  of  the  two  others  who  ^ed  in  Lon- 
don'at  an  early  period,  three  in  one  graye,  of  whom  this 
lived  longest  I  *Them  that  deep  in  Jesoslshall  God 
bring  wiUi  Him.*  *• 

"  What  bitter,  Wtter  lessons  we  need,  to  bring  us  to 
God  at  all  I  That  we  do  need  such  chastisement  is  most 
uertab ;  for  we  know  that  all  smaller  trials  pass  away  as 


■  .,a8JaiJyjilWgJt«.-ia<h.L.:iniJ^>;i.-<^--.i-.rTlrv.^*ft»Mi>Wi*i.i.i 


"T** 


iiuiiiiiiii 


.•.;//=■ 


I.  16,  1837.      ■ 
u  to  caU  upon 
n  over  at  tbo 

New  Street. 

■ympathy  i> 
utfion  as  that 
sent — to  oar 
>w  four  little 
[  assure  yon 
a  we  see  all 

0  esteem  it  a' 
id  from  it  all, 
loabt  of  their 
las  kissed  the 
ithe  sweetest 

1  to  see,  once 
e  tender  and 
receives  it  as 

that  He  will 
est,  and  most 
iwvrdjonsadi 

Bmains  of  oar 
;  of  the  resar- 
)  died  in  Lon- 
of  whom  this 
ra8)BhaU  God 

^i-^r  ■  ■ 

>  bring  ns  to 
ement  is  most 
I  pass  away  as 


BIB  Vr.  M.  PABBT. 


Mt 


•  morning  olond,  leaving  no  substantial  trace  buliin*! 

*'»®™ No  matter  honf  rough  the  way,  if  heaven 

be  the  end  of  it ;  only  let  us  make  sure  work  of  it,  for  wo 
have  no  time  to  lose ;  and  may  every  event  be  blessed 
to  ju,  whether  prosperous  or  adverse  I" 

About  this  time,  Sir  Edward  took  great  interest  in 
the  cause  of  Christian  education  in  Syria.    Assoad 
Yaooob  Kayat,*  a  native  of  that  country,  bad  accom- 
panied the  Persian  princes  to  England,  in  the  capacity 
of  inteipreter.    He  was  then  as  he  oonfeased,  much 
struck  with  the  position  held  by  women  in  English 
society,  and,  when  he  returned  to  Syria,  felt  a  great 
desire  to  raise  hi^  CQuntfywoBMn  fh>m  their  ignorant 
and  degraded  pontion.    From  that  time,  his  Christian 
principles,  before  merely  nominal,  ripened  into  a  zeal- 
ous desire  to  promote  the  cause  of  Ohiistianity  in  his 
own  country.    In  these  views  he  wa4  fhrther  encour- 
aged and  strengthened  by  a  pious  American  misuon- 
ary,  with  whom  he  became  acquainted,  and  the  raralt 
was  that  be  returned  to  England  to  gain  assistance  in 
his  labor  of  love,  which  be  desired  to  promote  especial- 
ly by  the  formation  of  schools.    At  Sir  Thomas  Trou- 
bridge's  bouse  in  London,  he  was  introduced  to  Sir 
Edward,  and,  evw  afterwards,  received  from  bim  a 
cordial  support  in  his  plans.    Asaaad  was,  himself,  a 
man  of  considerable  intdligence^  and  in  many  xeaupseta 
well  fitted  to  cany  out  the  benevolent  scheme  in  which  - 
he  bad  embaiked.    A  aocMty  was  fonned,  and  in  ito 
proceedingsand  results  Sir  Edward  always  took  awarm 
and  active  intoest^  Mors  than  once;  Be  invited  ft  large 

•  K«w  n^iUi  OmoI  St  l^lftk 


T* 


liiMiiiiiiiili 


ilMMilili 


I- 


ft'; 


»•-/ 


244 


MXMOIU  OW 


oompony  of  firienda  to  his  houae  in  London,  in  ordei 
to  give  Assoad  an  opportunity  of  interesting  others  in 
the  cause  of  Syria. 

"TheBe  reiinions,**  says  the  Rev.  W.  Niven,  honorary 
Secretary  of  the  Society,  "  were  admirably  conducted, 
and  were  marked  by  a  delightful  spirit  of  Christian  Mnd- 
ness  and  good  feeling.  On  one  oocarion  I  well  remem* 
ber  the  presence  of  the  late  Mrs.  Fry,  Mr.  Iloaro  of 
Hampstead,  and  others,  who  had  long  been  honored 
kborers  in  the  great  field  of  Christian  phitonthropy,  and 
whose  feelings  seemed  warmly  called  forth  in  the  cause 
of  Syria  and  her  Men  churches.** 

Another  feature  in  Aaaaad's  plan  ^as  to  select  a  few 
promising  Syrian  youths,  and  to  send  them  to  this 
country  for  education.  These  young  men,  on  their  ar- 
rival in  England,  were  hospitably  received  by  Mr. 
Niven,  until  a  suitable  home  could  be  provided  for 
them.    Be  relates: 

**  I  uiiok  several  of  them,  in  snocesdon,  to  the  Admi- 
ralty, for  the  purpose  of  introdndng  them  to  Sir  Bdward 
Parry,  md  I  can  not  forget  the  truly  paternal  kindness 
spd  cordiality,  with  which  he  welcomed  these  young 
strangers.  Wt  manner  showed  me  that,  as  he  looked  on 
them  in  th^  Eastern  costume,  the  remembnmce  of  all 
that  we  owe  to  tiidr  native  country,  and  the  hope  that 
they  might  be  instrumental  in  promoting  its  regenera- 
tion, were  evidently  present  to  his  mind.** 

The  time  was  aoirat  hand,  when  Sir  Bdward  was 
to  be  called  upon  to  undergo  a  yet  more  severe  toial 
than  any  which -had  hithefto  beftUen  him,  in  ^e  loss 


"ifntirr'r'iY''''  -^■"^'••-    ^-— ■> ■■■^-:-^ ■^- ■'-•-■■  "^^-^'^.---^—--'--^   -■ — -.■■  ■-■ 


.»-«/-., 


m,  in  ordei 
ng  othon  in 


in,  honorary 
conducted, 
iriatian  kind- 
well  remom* 
T.  Iloaro  of 
sen  honored 
itbropy,  and 
in  the  cause 


select  a  few 

bem  to  this 

on  their  ar- 

veA  by  Mr. 

>iovided  for 


0  the  Admi- 

1  Sir  Bdward 
nal  kindness 
these  yonng 
lie  looked  on 
bnwce  of  all 
he  hope  that 
its  regenera- 

Bidward  was 

severe  trial 

i,  in  ^e  loss 


i\ 


SIB  W.  X.  PARRT. 


H$ 


of  her,  who,  for  nearly  thirteen  years,  had  been  the 
partner  of  all  his  joys  and  sorrows.  In  the  spring  of 
1889,  Lady  Parry,  with  her  children,  who  wore  all 
suffering  from  severe  whooping  cough,  went  down  to 
Tunbridge  Wells  for  change  of  air,  Sir  Edward's  duties 
at  the  Admiralty  allowing  him  to  bo  with  his  family 
only  for  a  few  days  at  a  time.  In  May,  she  wus  con* 
fined  with  twin  sons,  who  lived  only  a  few  hours,  and, 
soon  afterwards,  it  became  but  too  evident  that  the 
mother's  strength  was  failing,  and  that  she  could  not 
long  survive.  In  the  midst  of  this  severe  anxiety,  Sir 
Edward  wrote  as  follows :  . ,       .- 


•■^: 


.  **TunbridffeWeB*,  May  12, 1839. 
*'  Your  note,  my  dearest  friend,  has  reached  mo  here 
to-day.  Indeed,  you  would  not  reproach  me  for  not 
writing,  if  you  knew  the  deep  waters  I  have  been  in 
^oe  I  saw  you,  and  the  deeper  still  I  am  now  pasring 
through.  Of  my  dear  wife's  state  now  I  can  soaroely 
venture  to  think,  much  less  to  write.  I  believe  that  her 
precious  life  hangs  on  the  most  fragile  thread ;  but  I 
know  that  the  dear  Redeemer's  everlasting  arms  must 
be  around  IBs  own  ohOd,  and  that  *  it  is  well  t*  I  feel 
now  that  I  can  do  little  more  than  pray,  and  my  fiiith  in 
the  efficacy  of  prayer  continues  to  inorease  with  the 
urgency  of  my  neoesuty.  I  earnestly  entreat  your  pray- 
ers, my  dear  friend.  While  I  write,  those  of  the  iongre* 
gation  in  the  church  are  ascending,  I  trust,  to  the  tfirone 
of  grace  for  her.  Hay  the  Lord  hear  and  accept  them, 
in  the  mnlUtnde  of  His  trader  meroies,  fbr  Ohrist's  sake  I 

Will  yon  kfaidly  write  to  — ~-^  and ^  and  earnestly 

desire  ikiir  pr^yeirs?    I  need  not  say  how  I  shall  valae 
them."  . .  *,; 


846 


lUXOIM  OV 


Shortly  before  her  oonfinement,  whioh  took  place  on 
Saturday  morning,  the  11th  of  May,  her  children  were 
brought  to  her.  The  eldest  of  these  was  only  nino 
yenrs  old,  and  little  could  they  realize  that  this  was  the 
last  time  they  would  ever  behold  her  on  earth.  She 
did  not  see  them  again,  and,  in  her  weakened  state, 
could  scarcely  bear  to  speak  of  them.  When  Sir  Ed> 
ward,  who  was  praying  by  her  bedside,  alluded  to 
"  his  dear  children  on  earth,"  ihe,  with  great  difficulty, 
exclaimed:  "Oh  I  no  I  I  can  not  bear  that  1"  He  re- 
plied, gently,  "  Yes,  my  love,  we  will  commit  them  to 
our  Heayenly  Father,"  and  she  became  at  once  com- 
posed. "Jesus,"  he  continued,  "is  with  you,  I  am 
sore  He  is."  She  replied  earnestly  but  faintly :  **  He 
ia."  From  time  to  time,  he  repeated  her  favorite  toxtt<, 
and  among  others,  "  Looking  unto  Jesus,  the  Author 
and  the  Finisher  of  our  fidth."  "Yes,"  she  repeated, 
"-~and  the  Finisher  I"  At  three  on  Monday  morn- 
ing, the  lingering  spirit  was  released.  Sir  Edward  de- 
aired  that  none  but  himself  should  inform  his  children 
of  her  death,  and  gave  orders  that  they  should  be  sent 
to  him,  when  they  came  down  at  the  usual  time  to 
break&at  The  elder  ones  were^  in  a  measure,  pre- 
pared for  the  announcement  by  the  evasive  answers  of 
the  servants  to  their  questions^  but  ihey  can  never  for^ 
get  ihe  deep  solemnity  of  hia  manner,  as  ,he  rose  up 
from  the  BotoL,  on  whioh  he  had  been  lying,  and,  evi- 
dently with  a  strong  efflbri  of  sdf-oommand,  said :  *'  My 
dear  children,  it  has  pleased  Qo4  to  take  your  dear 
mamma  to  Himself  I"  He  then  laid  his  head  once 
more  on  the  aolEa,  and  gave  way  to  his  serrow,  as  they 
bad  never  seen  him  do  before.    He  soon,  however,  re- 


ftoliliii?iiftiii 


Millliiifiilili'i'-'^'  ' 


,,       .     ■■.^f»..l^l.^«;M<-1«^m>im«»^ia^^aj||j|jij|^j|^^ 


SIR  w.  a.  PAnar. 


MT 


ok  place  on 
ildron  wcro 
I  odIj  nino 
his  was  the 
;artb.  SUo 
enod  state, 
en  Sir  £(!• 
alluded  to 
t  difficulty, 
I"  He  re- 
nit  thtim  to 
once  com- 
yoo,  I  am 
intly :  "  He 
'orite  toxtt*, 
the  Author 
e  repeated, 
iday  mom- 
Bdward  de- 
ua  children 
old  be  sent 
ud  time  to 
lasuie,  pre- 
answers  of 
i  never  for- 
he  rose  up 
J,  and,  evi- 
said:  "My 
your  dear 
head  once 
m,  as  they 
owerer,  re- 


W 


covered  hitnsel^  and,  rising  once  more,  led  the  way 
into  the  chamber  of  death.  There,  wliile  all  knelt 
around  the  bed,  he  poured  forth  bis  iUll  heart  to  Ood, 
praying  that  this  chastening  might  brin^  forth  "  thu 
peaceable  fruits  of  rightcousneaa"  in  his  now  desolate 
home.  She  was  buried  at  Tuubridge  WelH  and  a 
tablet  was  erected,  in  Trinity  Church,  bearing  the  same 
text  which  she  had  herself  selected  for  the  resting- 
place  of  her  little  girl  in  OasUe  Biaing  church,  1  Thess. 
4 :  18, 14.  That  he  himself  was  not  one  of  those  who, 
*' sorrowed  without  hope,"  and  that  f  him,  at  least, 
the  consolations  of  religion  were  a  living  reality,  the 
following  letter,  written  at  this  time,  plainly  shows : 

**Admiraltift  May  24, 1839. 

**Mt  DmiB  — ~-:  Your  kind  and  Christian  sympathy 
is  indeed  most  soothing  and  welcome  ondur  this  heavy 
bereavement,  and  I  sincerely  thank  yon  Tor  it.  Yon 
have  pointed  to  the  only  souros  of  consolation — to  Him 
who  is,  emphatically,  'the  God  of  all  consolation.'  Bless- 
ed be  His  name,  I  have  found  Him  on  this  occasion 
fidthful  to  Hi»  promises,  *  a  very  present  help*  in  my  time 
of  trouble.  No  words  can  ekpress  the  comfort  derived, 
at  'mioh  a  time,  fi-om  the  confident  assurance  that  my 
beloved  wife  was  a  true  child  of  €h>d,  and  that,  therefore, 
she  is  now  in  the  bosom  of  her  Saviour  whom  she  loved, 
safe,  with  six  of  oar  lijttle  onesi  in  the  Redeemer's  fold, 
and ibr ever i«*  ,-^'  -;  \i^>- 

After  the  deadi  of  his  wife,  Sir  Edward  continued 
to  reside  in  London,  his  sister  living  with  him,  and 
undertaking  the  ehaige  of  his  four  children.  The 
l^owing  ia  addressed  to  the  eldest  daring  his  first 


HUM 


S48 


MUtOIM  OV 


:. 


half  year  at  aohool,  and  ia  a  sample  of  the  way  in 
which  he  ever  itrove  to  keep  alive  in  their  mindi  the 
memory  of  her  whom  they  had  lost,  and  to  impreaa 
upon  them  the  neoeauty  of  walking  with  Ood : 

••  l\inMdff0  WMt,  May  18, 1840. 

**  Mr  Dbab  E :  I  do  not  know  whether  I  told  yon 

that  I  hoped  to  apend  thit  aolemn  day  here ;  if  not,  you 
will  be  aorpriMd  at  the  date  of  thia  letter.  I  folt  that  I 
■hoold  be  happier  here  than  anywhere  elae,  on  the  ro- 
tarn  of  the  day  when  it  pleooed  Ood  to  take  yonr  pre- 
oioiu  mother  from  no,  and  to  receive  her  to  Uimaelf  for 
over.  I  am  now  writing  very  near  her  tomb,  at  which, 
aa  well  ai  in  the  church,  I  have  spent  some  quiet  nnd 
pleasing  hours  to-day.  I  have  also  been  putting  to  rights 
the  litUe,  ahrube  at  the  two  ends  of  the  tomb.  It  is  a 
very  great  gratification  to  me  to  be  here  on  this  day,  and 
I  wish,  my  Cear  boy,  to  remind  you,  on  this  ocoarioUf 
of  all  yonr  dear  mother's  anxious  desires  and  earnest 
prayers  ibr  yonr  welfiure— most  especially,  your  sf^tnal 
and  eternal  welfiure— the  good,  not  merely  of  yonr  body, 
but  of  yonr  nevev^ying  soul.  I  earnestly  hope  that 
those  praywi  wUl  bf  ahtandantly  answered,  and  Uiat  you 
win  not  fldl  to  add  yonr  prayera  to  hers.  Yon  are  now 
of  an  age,  dearest  B  ■•  » to  think  seriously  of  yonr  soul, 
and  to  read  yonr  Bible  irith  a  smoere  de^  to,  bewnne 
*  wise  nato  falvati<m.*    Ood  Ueas  you  I         '^    ^ 

H  Tour  most  affbetionate  Father.** 

Some  yean  befbra  thia  time,  Sir  Edward  had  em* 
ployed  biM  few  leifura  momenta  in  noting  doiwn,  aa 
they  oopurrad  to  hiio,  thonghti  on  the  ehancter  of 
Ood  aa  our  Father.  Hhia  ooonpation  be  had  latteily 
laid  airide,  under'  the  pfcaauie  of  official  buaineaa.    m 


^"^ 


mmtm 


■IB  W.  ■.  PABBT. 


S4» 


the  vrfty  in 
r  miodi  the 
to  impreM 
fod: 

18,  1840. 
r  I  told  you 
if  not,  you 
ftilt  th»t  I 
on  the  ro- 
le yonr  pre- 
Uinuelf  for 
t>,  at  which, 
)  quiet  nnd 
ng  to  rights 
ab.    It  is  » 
bif  day,  and 
is  oooadonf 
md  earnest 
or  Bf^tnal 
year  body, 
hope  that 
nd  that  you 
}a  are  now 
f  your  Bool, 
to.  become 

Father." 

d  had  em- 
{  doiwn,  as 
lancter  of 
ladlattaily 
siness.    Bl 


il 


II 


the  counw  of  ;he  year  after  Lady  Parry's  death  ho 
9gain  took  it  up,  and  his  evenings  at  )}omo  were 
generally  employed  in  completing  the  treatise,  and 
preparing  it  for  the  press.  Ue  used  to  sit  at  the  table 
ill  the  drawing-room,  with  his  children  round  him, 
and  employed  them  ooooiionally  in  searching  out  the 
chapter  and  verse  of  any  text  to  which  he  had  occa- 
sion to  refer.  In  this  occupation  he  took  great  plea- 
sure, tho  subject  being  one  of  which  his  heart  wns 
fUll,  and,  moreover,  connected  in  his  mind  with  the 
memory  of  her,  whose  loss  had  led  him  to  see  more  of 
the  love  of  Ood  in  His  dealings  with  His  children. 

"Tliree  years  ago,"  (he  says  in  «he  profhoo  to  tho 
"Parental  Character  of  God,"*)  •'!  was  encouraged 
and  asttsted  to  begin  writing  down,  as  they  occurred,  my 
thoughts  on  the  parental  character  of  Ood,  by  one,  who 
was  not  only  the  chief  comforter  of  my  earthly  pilgrim- 
age, (he  sharer  of  every  Joy,  and  the  slfdviator  of  every 
sorrow,  but  a  fidthM  counsellor,  companion,  and  Mend, 
through  many  a  rough  and  stormy  path  in  our  Journey 
(as  I  trust)  towards  a  better  and  moi>e  enduring  inherit- 
anoe.  She  has  dnee  been  eaUed  to  possess  that  bherit- 
aiioe,  to  behold  &ee  to  fhoe  the  Saviour,  whom  not  hav- 
ing seen  she  loved,  and  to  realise  the  glorious  promises 
made  to  the  ohfldren  of  God.  I  now,  in  aooordaoioe  with 
her  expressed  wish,  print  these  thoughts,  which  have  in- 
fbsed  no  small  comfort  into  my  own  oup,  in  the  humble 
hope  that  they  may  not  be  wiUioat  use  to  others,  and, 

•  ntoUMsTClamewH.  at  flnltPriBti^te  private  ofamlttioBOBfy, 
but  •ftermhti  pobliilMd  Toy  HirtehMd  ud  8m%  PtooMlBilf,  It  has 
sIbm  bMB  tmnalsted  tato  fnagb  «i*  0«nMa> 


■MMMMill 


•10 


lUDfouu  or 


•bore  all,  that  they  majr,  in  lome  degree,  show  forth  the 
praiie,  and  promote  the  glorj  of  Ilim,  who  is  emphatl- 
oalljr  *  the  rather  of  mercies,  and  the  God  of  all  oom- 
fori.'" 


: 


i 


.♦ 

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ii-.,,.|'- 

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it}.''   •' 
J. 

,f 

i^MAiNW^Moiim**!!   rir«fB*ili«Wiiii<i> 


MiifiMiiiriiidekti 


Hl1niililtlilliinliniiii*<<ili 


'        "  IT^  ^i*«WgifyW»|W^li^|*jW^ipp 


forth  tho 

ompbatl- 

r  all  oom- 


*^  ''.^ 


«ti  w.  m,  HkMin. 


OFTAPTER  XL 

S«ooDd  M(Hni««->Oftl«!onUii  Ouwl— ItomovftI  to  IlMnpatMd— Rvli« 
glouf  OhiAtier—'Viewi  on  tho  InportMOo  of  Pnyar— Rugby — 
Pubilo  IfMtmg*— Haligloui  Inflaeno*— LoweitoA— Homburg>— R*- 
■IgnaUon  undM  anxiety  and  luflbriiig— Dutioa  at  Admlnl^y— "  Xi«> 
bua"  and  "Tumv"— Letter  Orom  Franklin. 

1841—1845. 

On  the  29tii  of  June,  1841,  Sir  Edwud  Pany  waa 
married  to  Catharine  Edwards,  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
K.  Hankinaon,  Rector  of  Walpole,  Lynn,  and  widow 
of  Samuel  Hoare,  Jr.,  Esq.,  c^  Hampstead.  In  this 
second  period  of  hia  married  life,  he  felt,  oaoh  day, 
increasing  oauae  of  thankfulness  to  Him  who  hod  thus 
permitted  him  to  fill  the  void  which  had  been  left  in 
his  heart  and  home,  and  to  supply,  to  an  extent  not 
often  witnessed,  the  loss  which  hia  children  had  ex* 
perienoed  in  their  mother's  death. 

Lpi  the  oouiae  of  tho  autumn  of  the  same  year  he 
was  employed,  by  Sir  Robert  Peel's  government,  in 
drawing  up  a  report  on  the  state  of  the  C  iledonian 
Oanal,  and  the  advantage  which  might  result  fitNu 
openmg  ita  waters  to  larger  vessels.  This  involved  a 
visitt  not  merely  to  the  oanal  itself^  but  also  to  the 


■Mi 


iiisiiii 


Ji  r 


189 


inmotM  ov 


obief  i«Aport4  of  Scotland  and  the  north  of  England, 
where  ho  woi  occtipitnl  in  gnthering  evulcnoe  (toin 
thuM  p«rm)iM  who  might  bo  «!X|>RCtc(l  to  (miflt  moat 
by  the  profioaod  measure.  The  dutiea  tff  each  day 
were  NufBoiently  orduoua  to  occupy  hiii  whoio  tinio, 
and  he  confowod  tliat  the  ranponmbility  and  work, 
which  devolved  on  him  singly ,  might  with  advantage 
hare  been  intnuted  to  "  throe  oommiMionom,  with  all 
their  paraphernalia  of  aeoretariea  and  clerks,  rather 
than  to  one  penon." 

**I  hare,  "ho  writei  on  his  ratom,  "been  marvelloualy 
preserved,  prospered,  and  helped,  fai  the  business  of  my 
late  excnrsion,  having  travelled  1800  miles  without  one 
aocident  or  deUy,  examined  and  recorded  tho  ovidenee 
of  mora  than  a  hundred  persons,  and  been  iit  work 
every  week<day,  flt>m  seven  in  the  mornbg  till  nine  at 
night." 

The  report  drawn  up  by  him,  afker  this  sttrrey, 
reoulted  in  the  completion  of  the  Oaledonian  Oanal, 
which  waa  reopened  in  April,  1847,  and  haa  been 
in  operation  since  that  time,  with  all  the  advontagea 
of  inoreaiod  depth  of  water,  and  other  aooommoda* 
tioni  for  the  transit  of  larger  veasela. 

In  April,  1843,  Sir  Edward  let  his  house  in  London, 
and  came  to  leaide  at  Heath  End,  Hampatead,  for  the 
benefit  of  hia  health,  which  for  some  mcmtha  had  been 
aerioualy  impaired.  The  additional  distance  from  his 
office  at. the  Admiralty  waa  compensated  by  the  gain 
of  fireah  air  and  greater  retirement  "I  can  not  ex* 
prauB,"  he  wrote,  "  how  I  continae  to  ei\joy,  and,  I  nm 
Bore^  to  profit  by,  the  lovely  yiewa  fipom  Hampatead, 


iiiiiiiM  iiiiiiiiiii  ••   •  iiMMii— — i<i 


^mfi'm 


:i  r 


MM  W.  1.  PABMT. 


883 


BngUnd, 
eno0  fVoin 
iroflt  most 

each  (lay 
hole  titno, 
iimI  work, 
lulvantiigo 
R,  with  all 
kM,  nther 


ftrvellouily 
nets  of  my 
Itbout  one 
0  (ivid«noe 
II  ut  work 
till  Dln«  at 


IB  iturrej, 
'\an  Oanal, 
haa  been 
tdvontagea 
loonunoda* 

n  London, 
ad,  for  the 
I  had  been 
)  from  hia 
ty  the  gain 
tan  not  ez- 
and,  Inm 
[aupatead. 


and  itii  ohamtiiig  air.'*  Among  tho  mIvaii  tagoM  of  thin 
uhangn  of  rtwidenoe  ho  always  rockoned  .it  frit  odahip 
and  miui.'ttry  of  Lady  Parry'i  brother,  the  liuv.  H.  V. 
IlankirtBon,  incumlMmt  of  Well-walk  Oha|Ntl,  ft;  !  Iiis 
luttem  contain  fVoquont  mention  of  hia  vW\'m  to  "t^: 
dear  |)euplc  at  Elm  How,"  aa  n  Nourco  of  {K^culinr  pivii* 
aure. 

Tlie  flvo  yuan  of  Sir  Edward's  ruaidonon  at  Hump* 
atead  prtvont  few  cvonta  worthy  uf  notioo.  We  1  •»«  . 
not  now  to  record  hia  conduct  amid  the  stirring  m.  met 
of  a  pohir  voyage,  or  while  holding  a  roapouaiblc  and 
honorable  poaition  in  a  diatant  colony.  It  remaina  for 
ua,  here,  to  exhibit  other  fbaturea  of  hia  oharacter,  whiot 
can  acarooly  flul  tu  be  equally  interesting  to  many ;  to 
portray  the  private  life  of  an  Engliah  gentleman-  </f 
one,  in  whom  conaiatont  piety  waa  tho  predominant 
principle,  and  whoae  influence  waa  erer  ready  to  extend 
itaelf  beyond  the  inner  drole  of  hia  own  more  immadi* 
ate  intereeta  and  oocnpationa.  < «  u^x*.* 

^,  The  flrrt  pohit  to  be  noticed  ia  the  prayerftil  spirit  in 
which  he  entered  upon  all  the  dutiaa  f  'i.%,  and  which 
pervaded  hia  whole  oondoot 

•When,  after  some  heaitation  in  the  choice  of  a  public 
Bohool,  he  had  determined  upon  sewding  hia  eldest  son 
to  Rogby,  be  waa  not  content  ^ith  providing  merely 
for  hia  temporal  welfi»re.  ioon  afterwards,  he  took 
the  lead  in  drawing  np  an  address  to  the  parents  and 
guardiana  of  B^'t^y  boya^  propoaing  that  a  special 
time  in  each  weeJc  ahoold  be  set  apart  fbr  the  purpose 
of  oflbiring  up,  in  private,  their  Jomt  petitions  fbr  the 
wel&re  of  the  school  in  general,  and  their  own  children 
in  particular.    Thia  addieas  Ibrmed  the  model  for  a 


— wmwaii 


WM 


mmtm 


mmm 


..X- 


254 


xBHoiu  oy 


r 


similar  proposal  of  "  Union  for  prayer  in  behalf  of  the 
Navy,"  which  he  drew  up  some  years  later,  and  in 
which  he  was  joined  by  several  distinguished  naval 
officers.  .  .^-;  .<  '♦ ' 

Another  no  less  striking  example  of  the  importance 
he  attached  to  the  efficacy  of  prayer  will  be  found  in 
his  conduct  with  regard  to  the  public  meetings  of  the 
various  societies  which  at  this  time  he  attended,  when 
his  official  duties  would  permit  He  was  not  content, 
as  too  many  frequently  are,  to  take  his  phice  unpreparod 
on  the  platform,  or,  relying  on  habitual  fluency  of 
speech,  to  leave  even  the  words  of  his  address  to  the 
happy  inspiration  of  the  moment  The  spirit  in  which 
he  entered  upon  such  duties  is  maniftfit  in  the  Mowiuft 
addressed  to  Lady  Parry:    ;  *       '"    ^^^" 


;  *;;?*' 


"  You  must  not  think  yourself  cheated,  if  I  aend  yon 
but  a  shabby  scrap  to^ay,  when  I  tell  you  that,  never 
liking  to  enter  Ughtly  upon  saying  even  a  few  words  at  a 
religions  meeting,  I  have  been  ooonpying  an  hour  or  so, 
thig  morning,  in  thinking  and  praying  over  the  little  I  pro- 
pose  to  say  to-morrow  evening.  I  always  thbk  this  doe 
to  the  holy  oanse  which  snoh  a  society  as  the  Jlllssionary 
has  in  view,  and  I  know  you  will  nnderstand  and  appre> 
oiate  this  feeling,** 

And,  on  another  oooasion: .  ^.^ ;  .  ^i  *  ^mm 

"Will  yon  be  sure  to  be  with  me,  very  spedaUy,  In 
prayer,  at  riz  predsely  to-morrow  evening,  that  I  may 
have  words,  and  power,  and  grace  to  plead  our  Master's 
cause,  in  ihe  spirit  of  bur  Master  Himself  f" 

It  would  have  been  strange^  indeed,  had  such  a  spirit 
oeen  content  to  confine  itself  to  his  own  flunily,  or  to 


''.^^^>irie^4m^^w^*m*liAilu*^'u'1Am»m^bMmba^^ 


cAt^.-iit^iiiiri-'r"^'"""^ 


f-* 


iimkmiii 


«halfoftho 
utor,  and  in 
Bhed  naval 
■■■v;^'\  ...•-"*  ^ 
importance 
be  found  in 
)iag8  of  the 
ided,  when 
lot  content, 
unprepared 
Quencj  of 
reag  to  the 
it  in  which 
9fi>llowiug; 

I  aend  you 
that,  never 
wordf  at  a 
hoar  or  ab, 
little  I  pro* 
ok  this  dee 
JMQaaionarjr 
and  ap|»re> 

ipedally,  in 
hat  I  may 
ir  Maater'i 


^  ft  spirit 
luly,  or  to 


.tf.iMt  v*-<tty.'' 


■m  w.  a  VAmBT. 


885 


an  oooadonal  ipeeoh  at  %  religioua  meeting.  We  find 
it,  aooordingly,  leeking  a  yet  wider  range,  and  extend- 
ing its  infloence  in  an  earnest  desire  to  employ  all  his 
energies,  wherever  he  might  be,  whether  in  business 
or  recreation,  in  the  service  of  his  Master,  and  in  aiding 
thee£Ebrtsofotheniinthecau8ooftruereligion.  "Hisra- 
sidence  with  us,"  writes  the  Bev.  R  Oumungham,  of  a 
sommer  visit  to  Lowestoft,  in  1844,  "was  so  marked 
-by  his  graoiousness  and  benevolent  pursuits,  that  the 
whole  population  became  interested  in  him.  His  de> 
parture  by  the  steamer  I  have  not  forgotten,  for  it  was 
one  of  much  fteling  on  both  sides.  His  stay  with  us 
was,  I  may  truly  say,  a  time  of  instruction  to  us  all." 

The  following  was  written  by  Sir  Bdward,  after  his 
return  from  Lowestoft :     ,..  ,jg\;i^t^T.u  iV. 
^  ^AAnirahsf,  Avgu$t  21,  I9i4. 

''  **  Mt  Dia»— :  Ton  will  have  gathered  from  0— — >• 
oommonioaUott  that  our  visit  to'  Lowestoft  answered  more 
than  weU.  Ic  was  a  prosperous,  privileged,  and  delight- 
M  one.  Those  most  dear  people  at  the  Vicarage  are  so  mi> 
tirely  after  our  own  hearts,  that  we  sefmed  to  live  in  an 
atmosphere  of  euutant  ei^oyment.  Enjoyment,  how* 
tvep,  often  invdves  raqtondbUity,  and  I  am  sore  we  ought 
to  ftd  this  deeply,  considering  the  remarkaUe  q>iritful 
advantages  we  were  reoeiviag  at  that  delightfiil  place.  I 
never  saw  any  thing  like  the  unbroken  eluUn  of  laborious 
pastoral  work,  wUoh  is  there  gtrfng  on  every  day,  from 
morning  to  nlji^  It  is  a  constant  snocesdon'  of  ftHhM 
dbrt  ftur  the  MvaUon  of  soids,  and  tUs  not  only  by  them- 
sehres,  bat  by  the  many  instnments  which,  as  yjpu  know, 
it  ii  their  peculiar  jiirH  to  raise  up  and  cultivate.  It  is. 
Indeed,  ahnost  imposrible  not  to  dsibre  to  help  s«dl  peo* 
pie  In  th^  work  and  labor  of  love  I** 


993 


imions  ow 


} 


^ 


We  liaye,liere^ihe  key  to  his  oondact  onall  Buoho3c<f 
sioDB,  namcdy,  a  firm  oonviotion  that  seasoDB  of  leisure 
have  their  duties,  no  less  than  the  hours  spent  in  the 
offioe.  Another  instance  of  the  kind  is  afforded  in  the 
following,  written  from  Homburg,  in  Germany,  to 
which  place  he  had  gone^  in  the  next  year,  for  hk  an* 


nual holiday:    V   ^:-'^f"j^#i»^'^>j^1^^y^i't:^i^ -<-•'■>■:■  )-■■■  ■ 
'.",m^^^^r-fU»<\^i^¥'m.  uffof^rg^jyiy  17^  1845. 

**  We  have  had  a  most  chanmng  walk  to  a  little  Tillage 
oalled  Doroholihaiuen,  about  a  mile  and  a  half  from  Hom-> 
burg,  to  virit  fhe  delightfhl  pastor  of  a  French  ooogrega- 
tbn,  resulting  originally  from  the  revoqinoc  of  the  Edict 
of  Nantes.  His  name  is  Privat,  a  pious,  labdrious,  simple- 
minded  minister  of  Christ  He  k  a  Swiss,  from  Geneva 
I  believe,  and  has  been  here  three  years,  on  a  salary  of 
only  8'31.  Mr.  R  -^  who  wis  with  us,  and  who  belongs 
to  tiie  Oommittee  of  the  Foreign  Aid  Society,  was  very 
deoirons  of  asoertaiaing  whether  anything  could  be  d<me 
for  relif^on  in  tjhis  place.  M.  Privat  named  two  things, 
which  may  possibly  be  efiiMted  if  attempted  eantiondy : 
first,  a  oolportenr  to  di^Mse  of  the  SoriptuMS ;  secondly, 
to  plaoe-]^Ues  in  the  rooms  of  the  aeverpl  hotels.  To 
theee  two  ol^eots  we  propose  now  to  direct  our  Mtention, 
with  M.  Privet's  help,  and,  if  we%nd  that  money  i> 
wanted,  I  think  we  can  earily  raise  a  ilhw  pounds  for  this 
good  work.  ^  . 

**  'N'hen  we  rose  to  take  leave  of  our  good  |i^nister,he 
said :  *  Oaa  you  ipare  one  or  two  mhintes  longer,  that  we 
Q"*/  P*7  together?*  To  this  we,  of  course,  joTftlly 
cemented,  and  nothing  oonld  exceed  the  sweetness  and 
spiritfoidity  of  the  pntyer,  whkdi  he  eiiwed  up  in  English. 
We  toek  leave  of  Urn,  as  ymi  may  mppose^  willi  no  ordi- 
nary fteliags  of  Ohrirtian  love,  leavkig  with  him  some 


iiiiii>iiiiiiii  iiii-'nr "ii'ViM iiiMiiili  ittiii 


lallBUohosuf 
ions  of  leisure 
I  spent  in  the 
fforded  in  tbe 
Germany,  to 
or,  for  Mb  an* 

i/y  17, 184B. 

a  little  village 
lalf  iVom  Horn- 
inch  oongrega- 
>D  of  the  Edict 
lorioas,  rimpte- 
,  trom  Geneva 
on  a  lalarj  of 
d  who  belongs 
iety,  was  rerj 
ooold  be  done 
A  twotbiiq^s, 
Bd  eaatioosly: 
r«p;  aeooodly, 
Hl  Jboleb.  To 
(onr  attention, 
that  mon«7  is 
wanda  for  this 

bd  ininister,  he 
onger,  that  we 
oorse,  JoyftUy 
sweetness  and 
np  in  Xingliah* 
i,withnoordi- 
rith  him  sMne 


sin  W.  K.  PABBT. 


2S7 


Freneh  and  German  tracts,  and  a  German  bopy  of  my 
little  book.*  Truly,  that  village  is  a  pleasant  little  oasis 
in  this  sfdiitaal  wilderness,  and  very  fervently  did  dear 

T— >  G remember  the  pastor  and  his  flook  in  our 

family  prayer  this  morning." 

On  hia  return  to  Bngluid,  he  succeeded  in  raising  a 
sum  of  money  for  the  increase  of  M.  Privat's  salary, 
"  as  an  ezpresnon  of  Christian  sympathy,  and  to  enable 
him  more  efficiently  tor  discharge  the  duties  of  bis  sacred 
office.*'  A  grant  of  copies  of  the  New  Testament,  in 
French  and  German,  was  also  obtained  from  the  British 
and  Foreign  Bible  Society,  which  the  landlords  of  the 
diflbrant  hotels  in  Ilombuig  undertook  to  place  in  their 
roorni^  aa  Sir  Edward  had  desired. 

In  the  midst  of  theae  labors  of  love  and  uaeftilnesa, 
the  crowning  grace  of  hia  Ofaristian  character,  cabn  trust 
and  submission  in  the  midst  of  anxiety  and  suffering, 
was  made  to  ahine  forth  most  brightly  nndsr  the  prea- 
nm  of  m  two-fold  trial,  of  the  sererity  and  extent  of 
irhidh^only  hie  moal  intimate  fiienda  were  ftally  aware. 

During  Uft  icildeDae  st  Port  S^hen^  he  had  in* 
Tested  a  mm  of  money  in  the  Bfcnk  of  Auatralia,  and 
ii^tdUgenoe  now  maohed  Bn^^aiid  of  the  foilure  of  that 
ooDoern,  owing  to  the  negUgenee  or  ftaud  <kf  the  direo> 
ton.  1%e  bankriqttoy  of  the  proprietors  rerident  in 
ib»  oolOiy  made  it  endent  that  the  whole  presmire 
wotid  fon  heayily  on  the  ISnglisli  ahareholdeia.  For 
iome  iQontbfl^  he  w»i  Ipept  jn  a  ttate  of  the  mo^  paii)* 
M  MUpena^  wl^  to  uae  his  own  worda^  "bfinkruptc^ 
jtared  him  in  tfauo  iioiB,  and  that  without  fimli  or  impru- 
Janoe  oft  hia  Qf»  pak"   B  mnafe  be  lemembend  th«^ 


•  ttrn'^hnoM  OlMriaNr  of  Ood." 


ilMWitiiiiiiftiriaiiJiii 


mUuHe^ 


888 


XBcoiM  cm 


at  that  time,  the  question  of  limited  and  unlimited  liA- 
bilit  J  was  not  understood  as  it  is  now. 

The  prospect  of  serious  pecuniary  embarrassment 
was  not,  however,  the  only  ^ial  which  he  had  to  bear 
at  this  period.  For  some  time,  he  had  been  threatened 
with  symptoms  of  a  malady  of  the  most  painfUl  and 
alarming  nature ;  and,  in  the  early  part  of  the  year 
1845,  ho  underwent  an  operation,  whii^h  was  attended 
with  complete  success.  The  following  letters,  written 
at  this  time,  exhibit  a  striking  picture  of  Ohristian  sub- 
mission under  this  severe  personal  discipline. 


**Adm{rattjft  jranuary  1, 1845. 

"  Many  thanks,  my  dear  H \,  for  your  kind  remem- 

branoe  of  me  and  mine  i^  this  blessed  season.  I  truly 
r^}oioe'that  you  and  yours  are  enabled  to  say:  *  Sorely 
goodness  and  meroy  have  followed  ns  all  tiie  days  of  our 
lifo  I  *  From  my  heart,  I  can  respond  to  this  deolaratkm. 
Oor  path  has  ba«>  strewn  with  thorns,  and  clouds  still 
rest  ap<m  oor  horiion ;  but,  in  the  mMst  of  these,  we 
have  been,  and  stiU  are,  snslained  by  sesing  a  Father's 
tender  hastd  in  aveiy  trifti,  and  by  tike  oertdb  assnnutoe 
that  Eb  will  make  all  things  wocic  together  for  oor  best 
good.  A  pidnfolvomplaint,  and  a  fiarlU  apprehensiMi 
^  bankmptoy,  are  no  small  trials  of  *  mind,  body,  and 
estatl^*  and  yet  I  can,  with  sinoerifey,  aiw  thftt  I  have 
never  known  more  of  the  'peaoeof  Oodwliiehp^sBeth  all* 
natural  *  understanding,*  than  idnoe  these  vidtations  have 
oome  upon  me.  I  trust  tUs  is  beeaaseonr  minds  are 
stidd  upon  God.** 

M  DniUBT  Last :  Ton  will  pieve  at  my  aeooons 

of  theBaiikofAustealia,butitistheIi(«^wint    We 


mmUtm 


>^ 


^^uMmmUmiA 


HIR  W.  a.  FABBT. 


klimited  liA- 

MuraaBment 
had  tobohr 
tLreatened 
paioAil  and 
9f  the  year 
as  attended 
9TS,  written 
iristian  sub- 
e.     '■-'■"I 

■■■•  'hi;4  ■ 

V  1,  1840. 
dnd  remem- 
on.  I  troly 
ay:  *  Sorely 
days  of  oar 
declaration, 
oloods  atiU 
»f  these,  we 
f;  ft  Father*! 
B  aHnmnoe 
for  our  beat 
pinrehenaiMi 
1,  body,  and 
thft  I  have 
ip^MethaU' 
tatkHoahavo 
ir  minds  are 


myftoeooBs 
iwfflt    We 


English  shareholders  are  equally  innooent  of  the  oatas> 
trophe,  and  helpless  under  it.  Xt  is  not  pleasant  to  flesh 
and  blood  to  have  the  prospect  of  '  beginning  the  world 
again,*  as  it  is  called,  at  the  age  of  fifty-three,  and  after 
a  life  of  toil ;  but  I  do  not  beliere  my  children  will  ever 
be  suffered  to  waqt,  and,  as  for  myself  'the  time  is 
short !'»» 

.  '*  Zondon,  IHAruary  le,  1 846. 
**  Mr  Dbabmt  OHiLDBmr }  It  is  rarely  that  I  write  » 
letter  on  a  Sunday,  but  I  think  I  may  be  permitted  to 
pen  a  few  Unes  to  yon  thb  evenfaig,  for  I  long  to  tell  yon 
how  thankfiti  I  am  to  the  CKver  of  all  good,  our  gracious 
and  heavenly  Phymcian,  for  the  snocess  tridoh  He  has  been 
pleased  to  ^ve  t  the  means  used  last  week  fat  the  resto- 
ration of  my  health.  I  desire  to  aaoribe  it  all  to  BBs  an- 
merited  goodness,  and  to  devote  myself  more  entirely  to 
His  aervioe,  who  has  dealt  thos  tenderly  with  me:  and 
may  yon  also,  my  dearest  children,  fe«l,  both  now  and 
ever,  Oa*  *  every  good  and  every  perfiiot  gift  oometh 
down  from  the  Father  of  Hghts,  with  whom  is  BO  variable, 
aess,  aeither  shadow  of  ton^M  I  kftvenotbecBal. 
lowed  to  go  oat  y«l,  bat  tUs  is  cmly  ftmatter  of  precan* 
tioB,  as  I  ftel  perftedy  weO.  llieire  fa,.however, »  good 
defd  more  to  be  done  Ibr  bm,  waA  I  do  not  espeet  to  be 
released  tiU  the  CBd  of  this  week.  I  am,  myidj;  getting 
very  homesick,  and  long  to  see  you  all  agahi,  bat  Go^ 
time  is  tlM  boat  time  fiv  this  aad  every  tUag.** 

**MrIhuaasT]iB8.H :    Yon  will  be  sorry  to 

hear  thai  aa  j^ds^pse  judgmoit  has  been  pronooaoed  by 
the  Privy  Odnac^  hi  our  loog-pendhig  case  of  the  Anstra- 
Uaa  Bank,  and  we  propose  to  call  a  meetbg  of  our  pro- 
iwielors  to  oonsoH  as  to  iritat  can  be  d<mo  by  oi.  The 
afldr  has  now,  as  yon  wiQ,  peroeive,  reaehed  •  very  serious 


iiiiiiiii 


iiiai 


8M 


lODCOlM  OV 


pobt,  inirolTtag  to  ootmItm  IndiTidiullj— W6  know  not 
what;  bnk  oh  I  ooald  joa  n*  whAtpeao*  hMb««n  rouoh- 
Mftd  to  w  in  thii  trial,  70a  would  rathor  mrj  than  pHjr 
na  onder  it  1  Indead,  it  haa  bean  a  aeaaon  of  refiraahing, 
Btrangthening,  I  tmat  I  may  umj  of  holy  oonfldenoe  in  onr 
gradooa  God,  and  an  cblding  aaiaranoe  that  this  trial 
comet  not  fW>m  man*a  haada,  but  from  Him  who  *  makea 
all  tUnga  work  together  for  good  to  Uiem  that  love  Him.' 
We  both  dedre  not  to  be  permitted  to  aay  one  word,  to 
do  one  act,  or  to  think  one  thoaght,  in  thirgrave  matter, 
bat  what  ia  agreeable  to  God'a  own  mind  and  will,  and 
that  He  will  bleaa  and  aanotify  it  to  oa,  and  onr  dear 
children.  hj 

"  What  a  mercj  that  thia  trial  ia  not  the  oonaequenoo 
of  Ida,  and  that  Qod  haa  been  .pleaaed  to  ohaaten  oa  in 
tUa  manner  rather  than  by  bereaTement  I  In  abort,  my 
dear  frieM,  we  are  not  on^  aabmiariya,  but  joyful  under 
thia  blow,  and  though  we  are  aware  that  the  worat  ia 
really  yet  to  come,  we  truat  and  pray  to  be  preaerred  in 
the  aame  fi^thfU  apbit,  and  to  b«  enabled  to  glorifyiOod 
eren  in  the  fire^  and  to  adorn  Hia  doctrine'  in  all  thinga. 
We  eameatly  aak  the  prayera  of  oar  fiieada  that  thia  may 
be  giTen  oa,  and  all  the  raat  we  cheerfiilly  and  thankftilly 
lesre  in  Hia  handa,  who  ia  willing  and  able  to  nndertake 
for  08  in  erary  thne  of  need." 


Strikiiic^y  did  he  ezpetiaioe  that  the  ISdih,  now  lo 
strongly  exercised,  was  not  in  yain.  After  aaj  interyal 
of  some  months,  mattens  were  so  anaa^  with  resiwct 
to  the  Bank  of  Australia,  thai  his  peilt^loss,  though 
heavy,  was  oonniderably  leas  than  he  hm  ftared ;  and, 
BJuigaUurly  enough,  some  yean  Uter,  he  reoovored  from 
Australia  itsdf  nearly  the  whde  amount  aiPhis  loss,  by 


'^mUmiimimtiAmi-imn Ii^'iiii-i<iiiiimiiii\[ " t in I'lHiiir"  |||[|-.'."h>.i.^^ii£.MiM|j|||fti*faaiti>iiaif|j|^ 


'6  know  not 
l>e«n  Touoh- 
7  than  pHjr 
refirMhing, 
lenoe  in  onr 
It  this  trial 
nrho  *  makei 
i  love  Him.* 
ne  word,  to 
are  matter, 
nd  will,  and 
ad  onr  dear 

sonaequenoo 
basten  as  in 
h  ihort,  my 
ojful  ander 
the  wont  is 
[iresenredin 
gloriiyiQod 
i  all  things, 
bat  this  may 
1  thankfully 
0  undertake 


iih,  nawao 
aal  interyal 
riihresiwct 
loss,  ihoagli 
Muted;  and, 
>veredfh>m 
iui  lofls,  by 


n 


,'  at  W.  1.  rxwrr.  '  '|li 

the  Buddon  and  tmoxpeot«d  rise  in  the  valne  of  pro- 
perty which  he  held  in  the  Peel  Biver  Settlement 

These  letters  a£ford,  in  themselves,  suffloient  prdof 
that  the  religion,  which  could  produce  the  flruits  of 
such  unshaken  and  unquestioning  resignation  to  the 
will  of  Ood,  must  have  been  grounded  on  something 
more  than  merely  general  principles  of  piety.  The 
uext,  addressed  to  a  friend  in  whose  spiritual  wel&re 
he  took  eqpwial  interest,  shows,  yet  more  strongly, 
the  natuie  of  the  foundation  on  which  his  hopes 
xested,  and  may  be  regarded  as  a  oonfesuon  of  fidth 
on  the  part  of  tiie  writer  himsel£ 


**MTTnT  Da4B  Fmnn):  The  description  of  your 
present  state  of  reli^os  fbeUng  is  most  iatei««tSng  to 
our  hearts,  and  we  tmly  and  warmly  sympatLiie  in  all 
yon  say  about  it.  We  have,  in  ftot,  watdied  your  mind 
and  views,  hi  this  most  important  partioolar,  with  greater 
atttntion  and  interest,  for  years  past,  than  you  are  your- 
self aware.  We  weni  solidtoos  about  you  on  this  soore, 
beoaose  we  had  observed  that,  wHh  i^ilevont  and  i^oos 

ndad,  the  ministry  at had  ezerdsed  a  deddedly 

bad  inlhisiioe  vfoa  yon.  Tour  regard  for  the  minister 
had  pbdnly  led  you  to  aooept,  too  readily,  the  dootrines 
of  bis  ndnistr/,  whidi  w;e  believe  to  be  essentially  erro- 

''The  dootrioe  of  Saenunental  Grao^  though  very  ao- 
«ieptaM»t<>  the  na^oind  heart  ot  man,  is,  oleariy,  a  device 
of  the  4jBnril,to  fuin  souls.  It )«  imuoh  eai^r  to  aooept 
thl^  Sttpvtm^ti  M  tibji  way  to  beaven,  than  to  reoeive 
into  the  Kmht^  b^  humUe  ftith,  the  lord  Jesus  Christ, 
who onialiiiBdihe SMmgMnis.  The *Trad 
lose  light'of  blufiit1iliyill(dtlt.<^      erroneous  rever* 


liHMIIM 


961 


HBMOUu  or 


\ 


cnoe  for  His  ordlnanoen.  In  short,  th«  whole  doctrim 
which  thej  uphold,  ud  whioh  hM  sent  Manning,  and 
maojr  other  earnest  men  and  women,  to  Rome,  dogmdes 
Christ,  and  sets  op  the  ministry,  and  the  ordinances,  and 
man's  own  poor  miserable  works  b  His  place.  Yon 
have  found  that  this  doctrine  can  never  give  peace  to 
the  conscience,  and  comfort  to  the  sonl  convinced  of  sin. 
No,  my  dear  fHend,  there  is  nothing  but  the  blood  of 
Jesus  Christ  that  can  cleanse  fh>m  sin,  there  is  nothing 
but  simple,  humble,  childlike  fkith  in  His  all-sufficient 
merits,  and  all-prevailing  intercession,  that  can  afford 
oonraktion,  hope,  peace  I  •  Joy  in  believing,*  is  the  only 
real  Joy  to  be  obtabed  by  man  in  this  life,  because  fiiith 
is  the  only  source  of  Joy  which  God  has  been  pleased 
to  promise  and  to  open  to  man.  Jesus  Is  *nic  Way, 
WM  Truth,  and  tbs  Life!*  Let  us  seek  no  other  wny, 
my  dear  friend,  nor  mix  up  any  other  Ingredient,  so  to 
speak,  in  the  hope  of  our  salvation— Jesus,  *  the  Author 
and  Sidsher  of  oar  fkith.*  And  let  us  constantly  seek, 
by  pnqrer,  the  aid  of  BOs  Holy  Spirit,  that  best  *g{ft,» 
which  He  has  'received  for  men,*  and  whioh  He  has  pro- 
mised to  give  to  then  that  ask  Him.    May  that  gift  be 

oois,  my  dear ,  inclining  na  to  keep  close  to  the 

Saviour,  and  to  be  ever  looking  nnto  Him  as  our  Refuge, 
our  Hope,  oar  All  In  aUl    Ever  believe  me, 

**Tonr  truly  attached  friend  In  Christ, 
"W.E.PAjaiy. 

Oar  oljeett  thus  ftr,  has  been  to  give  the  leadeor 
an  inriglit  into  the  private  lift  and  diaracter  of  Sir 
Edward  Tarty.  It  most  not,  <m  thk%t  aoooont,  be 
nq)poaed  that  the  Tears  of  lua  lift  at  Ham|?atead  were, 
in  any  way,  a  season  of  leisote  or  retirement  On  the 
oontnury,  the  datiei  of  his  bljEtoe^  at  first  sufficiently 


mUmaif 


)  dootrim 
mlng,  and 

dogrndei 
inoes,  nod 
MO.    Yon 

p«Me  to 
wd  of  lin. 

blood  of 
U  nothing 
[••uJSoiont 
«n  afford 
■  tho  only 
ftUM  faith 
n  pleased 
rue  Way, 
ther  way, 
ent,  80  to 
le  Author 
Dtly  aeek, 

)  has  pro* 
tt  gift  be 
«  to  th« 
rRefoga, 

Christ, 

«  nadeor 
r  of  Sir 
rant,  be 
•d  wcre^ 
On  the 
BBicienilj 


■IB  W.  ■.  TJkMMt. 


963 


i 


ardootu,  beoune  each  day  more  laborious.  Since  the 
time  of  hia  appointment  aa  Obmptreller  of  Stenm 
Machinery,  the  application  of  eteam-power  in  the 
Navy  had  become  almost  univorsal.  Among  tho 
moat  important  improvementa  eflbcted  waa  the  intm- 
duotion  of  the  aorew-propeller,  now  justly  regozdcd  as 
indiapeosable  in  every  man-of-war.  Thoae  who  took 
an  intereat  in  this  invention,  and  were,  consequently, 
able  to  form  a  judgment  on  the  subject,  acknowledgo 
that  ita  auocess  in  the  Boyal  Navy  (which  led  to  its 
adoption  in  the  merchant  service)  was;  in  no  small 
degree,  owing  to  Sir  Edward's  constant  and  eameat 
advocacy.  Oertoinlj,  few  were  more  sanguine  in  their 
expeotationa  of  ita  ultimate  aucoeas,  and  none  mora 
energetic  in  the  aapp(nrt  of  its  claims  at  the  Admi- 
ralty. 

The  year  of  the  riait  to  Homburg,  of  which  men- 
tion him  been  made,  waa  one  ever  memorable  in  the 
hiatory  of  Pohur  enterpriae,  being  marked  by  the 
Bailing  of  the  ill-flitod  "^Breboa"  and  "  Terror "  ftom 
the  Thamea,  on  the  36th  May.  In  all  the  piepara- 
tiona  for  this  expedition  Sir  Edward  took  an  active 
part,  being  consulted  by  the  Admiralty  on  all  poSnta 
of  importance  oonneeted  with  the  fitting  out  of  the 
▼aasela.  It  may  be  imagined  with  what  eager  intereat 
he  rogaxded  the  departuze  of  hii  IKend  Fnmklin  on  a 
aervioe,  "to  which,"  aa  he  onoo  ezpreaaed  himaell^  '4ie 
had  devoted  the  beat  years  of  hia  own  lift."  On  hia 
return  ftom  Homboi^  in  the  antomn  of  1845,  ht 
found  awaiting  hian  tiw  following  letter,  written  bj 
Franklin  jnat  a  foirtnic^t  befiwe  the  "Erebua"  and 
"Terror"  were  aeen,  for  the  laat  time,  by  a  whaler, 


jiiil'iji" 


Hiiitiriiiiiiiiii^  iiiiiifii' 


Mi 


MBMOIU  OV 


Wftiting  fer  an  oponing  in  the  loi^  to  «uble  thMn  lo 
reach  Lanouter.  Sound. 


f 


.  .    «  ^WhaltfUMitaitd,Jt4l^\0,  1846. 

"Mt  "Dmam  Pabbti  VMriag  had  th«  pitMnrt  of  ■••- 
bg  the  iMt  oMk  of  proTiiioiM  hoiatcd  flwm  th«  tnuuport 
into  the  '  Eraboa,'  I  hava  oome  down  to  writa  to  yoa. 
We  are  now,  b  every  waj,  ftiU  and  oomplete  for  three 
yean,  but  of  oonne,  rery  deep,  and  ehould  draw  aeren- 
teen  ftet,  when  the  boata  and  anehore  are  vp.  The  mag- 
netio  men  were  landed  with  their  imtmmenta,  aa  were 
alao  the  other  oblonre^^  on  the  Boat  Island,  at  the  epot 
you  ooonpied,  and  yon  can  Iknoy  them  all  b  ftill  play.  I 
am  hi^y  alao  to  tell  yon  that  their  reenlu  give  the  lati- 
tude and  longitude  of  their  position  withb  a  fow  eeoonde 
(ot  thoee  yon  aadgn  to  it. 

««Iflndthattheprbdpalpe(^e  are  abaent  from  Dieoo, 
■o  that  I  hare  had  to  obtab  whatever  bfimnation  about 
the  ioe  to  the  north,  that  Ja  to  ba  pidced  up  here,  from  a 
Daniah  eapCain,who  ia  b  charge  of  the  ig««|«»"»rmt  tt 
tUaitation. 

**Notbbg  oan  ba  flner  than  the  weather  we  have  had 
here  ^  dl  our  operations.  I  think  it  mnat  be  Ihvor. 
able  for  the  opening  of  the  ioe,  and  w«  all  foel  hafpy  b 
the  idea  tbht  we  shall  be  quite  b  time  to  avail  onraelvea 
a  any  openinga  w«itward  of  Barrow*8  Sttail.  Dnibg 
my  passage  from  Bai^bnd,  I  have  earefoUy  «aad  over 
pvts  of  your  voy^ea,  as  weU  aa  soom  notaa  of  Blohard. 
awt'a  and. my  own,  whieh  wera  made  on  the  oeeaaba  of 
Baok*a  eqwditiMi,  dadoeed  from  our  provioua  obsarva- 
tiona  att,  and  aboa$,  Point  TuiMgab  {  and  I  aaa  iaelbad 
to  thbk  fbom  theae,  and  from  the  obaarrailona  td  Daasa 
a'id  Simpaoa,  thai  theia  ezisto  mueh  had  betireen 
WoUastM  and  Bsuka*  iMda,  whieh,  I  kopa,  m»  U 


HMte 


mmmi 


H«IMIa 


"Wiw^iii 


■f^.. 


ilB  W.   ■.   rAMY. 


tM 


»l«thMa  lo 


10,  1846. 
Mor«  of  M«* 
b«  tnuuport 
lit*  to  70a. 
lU  Ibr  thrM 
Anw  MTcn- 
,  Th•m•|^ 
ita,  M  w«r« 
,  at  th«  ipot 
fbllpbj.  I 
[iT«  th«  UU* 
fcWMooads 

froni  Diioo, 
ruuiooaboat 
lMr«,from  • 
iqoiauHUK  at 


found  to  \te  iiopormt«d  Into  UImu*.  ;  '^nfi .  :!  ao,  I  tniat  wo 
tiMjr  b«  able  to  |)«netnito  through  «  )haftnol  between 
them.  • 

"It  would  do  jour  heart  good  to  nee  how  loalouHly 
the  offloen  and  men,  in  both  ship*,  are  working,  and  how 
amlcabljr  we  all  pull  together.  Knowing  what  an  ex- 
oellent  Inatruotor  and  Atiluw-worker  Oroiiflr  waa,  and 
will  prove,  to  Fit»Jamea,  I  have  left  the  magnetic  ol»- 
•errationa  of  the  *  Erebus*  to  the  latter,  who  is  most 
assiduous  respeoting  them.  I  have  also  endeavored  to 
eooonrage  eaoh  at  the  ofioers  to  take  some  one  branch 
or  other  under  his  n  jre  immediate  oare,  (Vom  which,  I 
trust,  he  will  nltiraateljr  reap  real,  substantial  benefit,  so 
that  mj  share  of  the  work,  at  present,  seems  to  be  more 
the  training  mad  overlooking  of  thsse  gentlemen  than 
dobg  the  work  itsel£  I  have  now,  for  instanoe,  at  tho 
tables  in  my  oaUn,  a  lieutenant  oonatruoting  the  plan  of 
tha  sorvej  ha  has  made  of  the  islands  of  which  this 
groap  is  oompoaed,  and  Mr.  Gk>odsir,  the  aasistant4ur- 
geoo  and  naturalist,  with  his  mioroseope  minutely  ex- 
amining, and  sketehiog  the  Crustacea  MoOuscm,  and 
wliioh  ha  daserlbea  at  onea,  whilsf  the  colors  are  fresh. 
He  is  rerj  expert  at  dredging,  and  has  found  maajrare, 
and  wme  unloiown  oraatarea,  with  too  long  namaa  for 
«a  to  write.  Beyond  this  table  lie  lota  of  ddnned  Urda^ 
tba  handiwork  of  the  iarg«on,wiu>  is  sUttad  b  soeh  rab- 
Jaets.  Arooad  tko  daok  of  the  eaUn  are  arraogod  tho 
sUpa*  atorss  of  preserved  potatoaa,  paekad  in  neat  4in 
easaai  With  tka  abort  deseriptkm  yon  wffi  be  able  to 
bring  me  before  your  mbd  at  this  moouBt,  and,  in 
tniaiaf  taj  bead,  I  raoogniaa  yon,  lika  aa  Ufo,  fai  jtm 
pietora. 

**Agaln,  my  dear  Flanry,  I  wfll  racowmand  my  dearest 
1Mb«ikl  daaghter  to  yoor  kind  ragarda.    I  Inow  that 

II 


Hmsm^m 


Ti»iiiiiriTit 


see 


MBMOIM  OV 


thoj  will  heftrtllj  Join  with  many  «l««r  fHonda  In  Anrvent 
pmyor,  that  Ui«  Almighty  Power  may  guldo  and  support 
ua,  and  that  the  bltaalng  of  Ilia  ^oly  Hpirit  may  roat 
upon  ua.  Oar  pnyen,  I  tratt,  will  b«  offbrad  up,  with 
equal  ftrror,  for  tbaaa  Inaatimabla  bleaainga  to  b«  vouch- 
Mfad  to  them,  and  to  all  who  lova  tha  Lord  Jeaua  in 
■boarity  and  troth.  I  humbly  pray  that  Qod'a  baat 
blaaaing  may  attend  yooneli;  lady  Parry,  and  your 
flunily.    Believe  me,  erer, 

**  Tour  Aflbotionate  (Hood, 


'»  =  /  ■- 


r  l<  • 


'•    l 


t  i 


m»r iiHlilliiri 


■MMMM 


mmmmmmmtiKfmm 


atu  w.  K.  f  ANur. 


•01 


da  in  fenront 
Mid  lupitort 
rit  niAjr  roat 
ir«<l  up,  with 
to  b«  vouoli* 
Dtd  Jiitua  in 
Qod*t  b«a( 
r,  and  yoar  ' 

I. 
■jursuv.** 


,.  a 


n    \ 


CHAPTER  Xa  - 

UAALAB. 

184d~18fi9. 

It  wu  now  more  Uuui  eight  jreani,  iiao«  Sir  Bdwftid 
h^  b«en  •ppointad  to  the  poit  of  Oomptrollor  of 
SteMn  Maohlnery  At  the  Admiralty.    His  health  hod, 
Utterly,  derived  much  and  laiting  benefit  fVom  th» 
■kilWil  and  generous  care  of  hi«  friend  and  early 
aohooliWlow,  F.  Salmon,  Eki.;   but  it  loon  became 
,  evident  that  he  could  not  maoh  longer  itLnd  the 
■overe  and  InoreaMing  pre«ure  of  work,  to  which  he 
waa  daily  lubjeoted.     Accordingly,  on   the  Ui  ot 
November,  1846,  he  wrote  a  letter  to  Loiti  Melville, 
FintJjord  of  the  Admiralty,  accepting,  conditionally, 
ajMTopoaal  for  retirement,  which  had  been  recently 
offered  to  poat  oaptaina.    It  would  have  been  a  matter 
of  ■uipriae,  had  hia  long  and  important  aervicei  been 
rwompenaed  with  ratirement,  at  a  time  of  Uib  wtam 
hia  powen  of  body  and  mind  werc^  under  ordinary 
oironmatanoea,  aa  vigoroua  aa  ev«r.    Almoat  by  x«tnru 
of  po^  he  reoeived  an  luiawer  from  his  lordship^  in 
which  he  e^nwaed  "the  high  eateem  he  ftlt  for  Sir 
Bdward'a  penooal  and  private  oharaotei',"  and,  *'  la> 


"Pi 


liMlIM 


mmmmttui 


mm 


268 


XXMOIBS  OV 


mooting  the  cause  which  had  induced  him  to  make  an 
application  for  retirement,"  offered  to  his  acceptance 
the  post  of  Oaptain-Superintendent  of  the  Royal 
Olarenoe  Yard,  and  of  the  Navd  Hospital  at  Haslar. 
It  is  almost  needless  to  say  that  the  ofier,  made  in  so 
handsome  a  manner,  yraa  gratefUlly  accepted.  Ho 
felt  that  the  position  was  one  in  every  way  congenial 
to  his  tastes,  as  bringing  him,  once  more,  into  imme- 
diate connection  with  members  of  his  own  profession ; 
and,  on  the  2d  of  December,  he  received  his  official 
appointment  to  Haslar. 

On  the  same  day,  all  the  officers  of  the  establish* 
ment  were,  according  to  the  usual  custom,  separately 
iiitroduced  to  him  by  his  predecessor,  Oaptun  Garten 
Among  the  number  of  these  were  Sir  John  Blohard^ 
son,  the  friend  and  companion  of  Fnmklixi,  in  his 
perilous  e2^)editions  along  die  northern  shores  of  the 
continent  of  America,  with  whom  Sir  Edward  was 
well  pleased  to  renew  his  acquaintance  under  oin^im: 
stances  which  necessarily  brought  them  into  daily  in- 
tercourse.  Of  this  first  interview  one  of  the  <Mflloeis 
speaks  In  Ibllows: 

**I  had  never  seen )^  Edward  Ftoiy  befiwe,  and  was 
uhgohtarly  atmok  with  his  handsome  and  eommanding 
appeMtmoe,  tempered  by  an  exjveanon  of  ItfNMvelflne*, 
«f  wUoh  none  of  his  portraits  give  a  oorreet  idea.  BBs 
manner  to  us  all  was  mo^l  cordial,  aiftd  the  few  kind, 
hopeftd  words  addressed  to  each  had  a  very  wfauaing 
effeot  Upon  the  oeoaaioa  of  my  jbst  i^t  to  l^s  hoow, 
when  I  was  introdnoed  tc  Lady  Pany,  I  reoc^bet  that 
my  oompaaion  and  I  were  so  modi  ^eaaod  wittk  itvat  re> 
oeptimi,  that  I  was  nograaoos  raough  to  leiMtk  <if|wr 


littlb«W*WtttMi»l>illMliifalillJi<liilltlliMdlMttliM^ 


omake  an 
acceptance 
the  Royal 
at  Haslar. 
nade  in  no 
jpted.  Ho 
r  congenial 
into  imme* 
profession ; 
his  official 

)  establish* 
separatelj 
un  Garter, 
in  Richard- 
Un,  in  his 
ores  of  the 
Iward  was 
ler  oin^im- 
o  daily  in- 
Ae  <rifltoen 


re,  and  was 
Mnmanding 
pn^elflne*, 
I  idea.  BSs 
e  fewkiad, 
iry  nfkning 
0 14i  hoaae, 
KM^ieetthat 
itik  our  re- 


m  W<  M,  VAIBT. 

leaTlng!  *Thia  la  mnoh  too  pleaMtst  to  last,  and  by  and 
by  wo  shall  see  an  alteration  I  *  I  had  the  happiness  of 
meeting  them  often  afterwards,  at  their  own  home  and 
elsewhere,  and  aerer  without  fteling  the  injustice  of 
what  I  had  said.  If  their  manners  were  charming  to  ns 
at  first,  suooeedbg  experienoe  found  them  unchanged." 

* 

n^e  house  of  the  Oaptain  Superintendent  at  Haalar 
'was  a  lai|;e  building  with  two  wings,  in  the  centre  of 
a  terrace  occupied  by  lome  of  the  other  officers  of  the 
Hospital.  From  the  front  door  a  stnight  carriage* 
road  led  along  an  avenue  of  small  trees,  to  the  chapel, 
a  somewhat  unsightly  whitewashed  building,  imme- 
diately behind  which  was  the  noble  quadrangle  of  the 
Hospital  ||sel£  At  the  back  of  the  house  was  a  lawn 
and  garden,  opening  into  a  jwddook  of  some  acres  in 
extent  From  the  lawn  a  light  staircase  led  up.the 
side  of  the  house  to  a  balcony  outside  the  cowing- 
room  windcws,  commanding  a  beautifiil  view  of  Spit- 
head,  and  the  opposite  coast  of  the  Isle  of  Wight  from 
Bembridge  to  Oowea. 

While  tlie  house  at  Haslar  ifas  being  prep^ged  for 
the  eooommodation  of  his  fiunily.  Sir  Bdward  resided, 
fat  thzee  months^  at  Anglesey-TUle,  about  a  mile  dis- 
tant, and  it  was  not  until  the  month  of  May  that  he 
finally  took  po«ession  of  his  new  home. 

**Muhrf  Mbrutay  H,  iBtt. 
**  Ur  Diab'H— — :  Tour  ftteadly  letter  is  most  grati. 
lying  to  OS,  «id  I  hasten  to  r^y  to  your  kind  qtfwies 
reqMoting  xu^  and  our  ttornnents.  I  am  permitted  by 
the  merey  of  oturgraabm  God,  to  gire  a  very  prosperous 
aoooont.   Indeed^  all  our  morements  seem  to  have  been 


nWWifcoi^'TiWi  »|— ■  WWtin"'*** 


^,|iiWirtjiii|| 


870 


aanfonsov 


moit  gnudonaiy  otdwrcd  and  eontrolkid,  to  ihtt  ir«  oih 
ny,  *mero7  tnd  troth  hftve  followed  \u*  at  every  step; 
Whether  from  the  change  of  air  and  plaoe,  or  the  relief 
from  heary  work,  or  both  together,  I  am  thankful  to  Bi.y 
that  I  am  wonderflilly  well  for  me,  and  I  only  desire  to 
employ  my  improved  powen  tothe  glory  of  God,  and  the 
benefit  of  my  fellow-oreatoree.  Our  position  at  Haslar  is 
highly  interestmg,  and  we  pray  to  be  made  God's  hon- 
ored, though  ur-ivorthy,  instruments  of  good  to  the 
inmates.  The  lunatio  department  is  particularly  so,  and 
Yury  valuable,  ind  I  am  much  in  it. 

**  When  your  letter  came  yesterday,  Lady  Parry  was- 
organizing  a  ladies'  association  for  making  clothes  for 
those  poor  &mishing  Irish ;  and  we  are  systematically 
beot  on  Slaving  II.  a  week  from  our  housekeeping,  to  send, 
jn  money,  as  our  own  contribution.  I  have  jdR  proposed 
to  the  Acbaairalty  to  send  a  great  quantity  of  old,  useless 
adlott'  dothesfrom  Olarence  Yard  to  Ireland  for  the 
■ame  parposo.  It  ia  charming  to  hear  what  you  and 
youra  are  dobg  towards  the  same  object,  and  I  tejotoe  to; 
aee  that  it  is  almost  aniversaL  May  the  Lord  bless  the 
endeavors,  and  *  st-^y  the  plague  t '  ** 
^.   -  , 

It  will  be  readily  supposed  that  one  of  Sir  Edward's 
flrat  o\ijeots  at  Haslar,  as  before  at  Port  Stephens,  would 
be^to  take  an  aot^ye  interest  in  the  sprntoal,  no  less 
duin  iha  temporal  welfiure  of  tiie  patients  in  j^e  Hospii  • 
tnl.  "W«  are,"  he  wrote  to  a  friend,  thank  God, 
floDxiihing^  fmd  iatmsted  with  many  tal^tE^  for  wbich 
weah«Ilhave  to  render  an  account  when  the  Master 
comes  to  reckon  with  His  senranta.  Our  position  is, 
ilideed,  ftiQ  of  near  and  touching  interest,  and  we  are 
tempted  net  unfrequentiiy  to  say,  or,  «t  leaat,  to  think : 
'WlOisaoffioient'ibr  these  tiiings?'^    IHthtbeez- 


w 


mt 


SIB  W.  a.  PABBT. 


S71 


tiftt  we  otn 

every  step. 

the  relief 

kful  to  WLJ 

J  desire  to 
ad,  and  the 
X  Haslar  is 
^od's  hon- 
[>d  to  the 
rly  ao,  and 

Parry  was 
slothes  for 
;ematioany 
ig,  to  send, 
!t  proposed 
tld,  nseleas 
id  for  the 
;  you  and 
'.  t^owe  to 
i  bless  the 


Edward's 
mB,  would 
tl,.no  less 
he  Hof^i-. 
Euxk  God, 
for  wbich 
he  Master 
osition  is^ 
id  we  are 
to  think: 
ih  the  ex- 


ception of  the  lunatics,  to  whom  one  wing  of  the  estab* 
lishment  was  devoted,  the  same  iudivi-loals  seldom 
remained  under  his  control  ibr  laany  weeks  together, 
bi  t  the  number  of  patients  actually  within  the  walls  at 
one  time  usually  amounted  to  several  hundreds.  De- 
sirous of  providing  theae  with  an  opportunity  of  reli- 
gious instruction,  independentiy  of  the  regular  services 
jondncted  by  the  chaplain,  Sir  Ed'vord,  on  the  second 
or  third  Sunday  after  his  arrival  at  Haslar,  commenced, 
mtb  the  chaplain's  consent,  a  series  of  Sunday  evening 
iect'uxes,  which  were  continued  during  the  whole  time 
of  his  command.  These  were  always  well  atteuded, 
upwards  of  a  hundred  petients  being  sometimes  present, 
besides  others  connected  with  the  establishment,  and  a 
large  company  £rom  the  neighborhood.  A  few  minutes 
before  five,  the  party  used  to  assemble  in  one  of  the 
large  words  cf  the  hospital,  and  punctually,  almost 
while  the  dock  was  striking  the  hoar,  Sir  Edward 
entered  the  room  with  his  large  Bible  under  his  arm, 
and  took  his  seat  at  a  table  prepared  f>r  him.  His 
lectures  which,  during  five  years,  included  the  Parables 
of  our  Lord,  i<he  Lord's  Prayer,  the  Qospd  of  St.  John, 
and  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles,  were  always  carefhlly 
prepared  during  the  pievious  week.  At  flist  he  spoke 
from  notes,  but  these  were  by  degrees  enlarged,  until 
the  whole  was  written  out  word  for  word.  The  lec- 
ture, which  lasted  about  three  quartets  of  an  hour,  ^as 
preceded  and  dosed  with  prayer.  "I  have  Usteaed  to 
many  eminent  clergymen,"  are  the  words  of  one  of  the 
medical  officers  of  the  BCofptal,  "  but  to  none  who  sur- 
passed Sir  Edward  Pony  in  tide  power  of  commanding 
attention.    His  delivery  was  pleiBaing  and  earnest^  his 


iMmmmmmuimtimmmm 


272 


xxMoiu  or 


voice  dear,  Bonorous,  and  suoh  an  went  to  the  heart 
I  remember  one  remark  of  hia  that  especially  caught 
my  attention,  namely:  '  That,  while  death  occasionally 
visits  all  houses,  to  an  hospital  men  come  to  die  T  In 
such  repute  were  these  lectures  held,  that  numerous 
visitors  found  their  way  to  the  officers'  houses  in  orde- 
to  have  the  satis&ction  of  attending  them." 

Those  who  were  privileged  to  spend  a  Sunday  at 
Hualar  will  not  soon  forget  that  evening  hour  spent  in 
the  ward,  and  the  interesting  group  of  palo  and  eager 
listeners  to  the  truths  of  the  Gospel  which  fell  from  liis 
lips.  It  was  a  sailor  speaking  to  sailors  of  the  things 
of  eternity. 

•'  Oh !  how  exquisite,"  writes  a  frequent  visitor,  "  and 
unlike  other  things  were  those  Haslar  readings  I  Hove 
to  dwell  upon  every  incident  connected  with  them — his 
taking  his  station  at  the  table  on  the  little  raised  platform, 
and  reverently  kneeling  before  them  all,  to  ask  silently  a 
blessing,  then  seating  himself  with  his  Bible  and  expou- 
tion,  and  looking  round  upon  his  stulor  Audience,  to  see 
that  ill!  were  comfortable,  and  as  near  to  him  as  could  be, 
that  tbuy  might  hear  the  better — ^the  attentive  looks  of 
the  men,  his  plain  but  beautiful  teaching,  vnth  familiar 
iUastrations  such  as  ^  could  understand— iiis  deep  cam- 
estneds,  as  one  who  had  their  souls*  interest  at  heait — his 
kind  "Words  to  the  rick — and,  when  the  little  service  was 
ended,  the  clustering  round  of  those  who  had  come  to 
listen,  and  to  witness  this  interesting  scene ;  then,  the 
walk  home  of  the  large  party,  increased  by  some  privi- 
leged ones,  young  <^oers  and  others,  who  had  been  in^ 
vitcd  to  spend  the  evening  with  bira.  And  lasUy»  that 
happy  Sunday  evening,  ^o  r^uld  desoribe  it?  How 
sweet  it  is  to  call  it  all  into  vivid  remembraaoe — the 


W>l'iW.tWIMIWtH-m.l»!JWWJKWM 


MB  W.  S.  PABSr. 


0  the  heart 
iially  caught 
occasionally 
to  die  I'  In 
it  numerous 
1863  in  orde" 

Sunday  at 
>ur  spent  in 
3  and  eager 
Pell  from  his 
f  the  things 

isitor,  "and 
igB !  Hove 
h  them — his 
ed  platform, 
sk  silently  a 
and  expou- 
ence,  to  see 
as  could  be, 
ive  looks  of 
dth  familiar 
i  deep  oam- 
t  heart — his 
serrioe  was 
ad;  come  to 
I ;  then,  tb« 
some  privi- 
ad  be«iin-> 
lasUy.that 
it?  How 
raaoe — the 


273 


i  ( 


large  party  sitting  down  to  tea,  the  oonversatiou  suited 
to  the  day,  relVeshing,  easy,  flowing,  the  adjoummeni,  to 
the  drawing-room,  readmg  aloud  of  some  choice  hook — 
then  the  singing  of  hymns, — his  singing,  with  heart  and 
soul,  and  voice-rhit*  extreme  happiness  and  eigoyment 
of  the  whole, — ^the  wondorftil  charm  there  was  over  it,  so 
that  we  could  nol  bear  to  break  the  spell  when  night 
oameand  time  ofredrement — the  prolonged  good  nights, 
and  reluctance  to  separate,  feeling  how  intensely  happy 
webodbeenl" 

Many  a  token  did  Sir  Edward  receive  that  his  labors 
had  not  been  "  in  vain  in  the  Lord."  The  following 
was  addressed  to  him  in  the  thirtl  year  of  his  command 
at  Haslar : 

.-■■■'■<    "jr  M.  £, ,  March  8,  1840. 

" Sib;  I  Beg  yon  will  pardom  me  the  liberty  I  take  in 
writing  to  you,  but  I  knovf  yon  will  app'^edate  my  pre- 
"ent  feelings,  and  sympathiKa  with  ate.  Oh  !  may  Qod 
biess  you,  and  further  you  witl-  Uis  coutinual  help,  and 
give  you  grace  to  continue  that  good  work,  the  lectures 
.._  on  Sunday  evenings,  to  the  enlighteniag  and  edifying  of 
more  souls  I 

**I  was  in  the  Hospital  three  months  age,  and  attended 
your  lectures  every  Sunday  evening,  and,  ,?  bless  the 
Lord,  it  was  the  me^ans  of  brbging  one  poor  sool  to  see 
his  unwor.hmess,  and  his  needs  of  a  Saviour.  Durin^the 
time  I  attended  your  lectures,  y<>n  made  a  very  serioos 
impression  on  me.  May  Qod  Mess  you  fbr  it,  tatA  taax 
the  words  be  so#n  on  good  ground,  and  bi^g  forth  fm 
aboDdsntlyl  1  pray  Oo<l  will  unfightan  me  with  His 
Holy  Spirit,  andguMe  Ay  ivvitdatiitg  feei ;  and  He  will 
do  it,  for  God  is  a  Gfo4  >  prayer,  and  always  more  will. 
12*  • 


"'■"•"'"'^%itliii|irMifiiiir''iii 


M'  ■ 


874 


MKicous  or 


r 


iog  to  give  than  we  to  aik.  I  know  that  it  will  bo  gratl> 
Qring  to  you  to  learn  that  tKare  ia  one  who  haa  profited 
by  your  Idnd  endiBavors,  >wid  may  there  be  many  mote  is 
the  prayer  of  your  obf  client  hamblt?  aeryan^,** 

♦'J.H,    MMt^jr'g  Aariatant." 

In  his  almost  daily  visitB  to  the  aiok  wards,  Sir 
Edward  never  allowed  an  opportunity  to  pass  of 
dropping  a  word  of  spiritual  oomfi^rt  to  the  sufforera. 
WheT>  any  pati«nc  asked  to  see  him,  he  continued  his 
visits  daily,  until  the  man  died  or  was  disoharged  from 
the  HDspital,  and  many  an  hour,  during  hin  five  yearn 
at  Haiear^  did  he  thus  spend  reading  by  the  bedside  of 
a  siok  or  dying  seaman.  On  one  oooaaion,  a  man,  who 
had  been  prevented  by  the  weather  ftom  attending  the 
Sunday  even'ag  leotuie^  had  hrard  such  a  report  of  it 
fixnoA  a  friend  that  he  ventured  to  forward  a  request, 
through  the  matron,  that  he  might  be  permitted  to  have 
it  to  WkA  by  himsal£  The  Ikvbr  was  at  onoe  grantedi 
Sir  Edward  himself  bringing  it  to  the  man  as  he  lay  in 
bed.  The  subject  whioh  had  thus  attracted  the  atten- 
tbn  of  hid  inwA  mus  the  narrative  of  St  Paul's  ship* 
wreck  at  Melita.* 

1  He  organization  of  theDookyard  battalions  was  first 
commenoec  i^tumg  the  time  of  Sir  Edward's  command 
at  Hsdar,  aua  Qm  lahorem  and  tuiiisi^ui  employed  in 
the  Clarence  Yard  were  fi>rm<od  into  a  separate  corps,  of ' 
which  he  received  his  commission  as  colonel-command- 
ant Under  the  zealous  superintendence  of  Miyor  T. 
T.  Qrant  Storekeeper  of  the  T.wd,  the  •'•Roval  Olar- 


*1ni«  teotnre  toVMcii  adiiiM  It  litri  9>4d»  will  be  ftoud  in  tbf 


:i^'-.!> 


ia53^*ffi29eiS;^T-S?:'ri'-';-'"'  - 


nrill  be  gniti* 

hu  profited 

lany  more  ia 
» 

wards,  Sir 
to  pass  of 
le  safforera. 
mtinued  his 
larged  from 
it  fiveyeara 
?i  bedside  of 
a  man,  who 
tending  the 
report  of  it 
I  a  request, 
Med  to  have 
koe  granted, 
aa  he  lay  in 
d  the  atten- 
Paul's  ship* 

onswasjSrst 
's  command 
nployed  in 
te  corps,  of 
l-oommand* 
>f  M^or  T. 
Soyal  C51ar- 

eftmtKl  ia  thf 


It 


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RIB  W.  >.  PARBT. 


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ence  Yard  Battalion  "  was,  in  an  unusually  short  time, 
rendered  as  efEbotive  as  its  small  numbers  would  allow ; 
and  the  mon  were  more  thaa  onco  complifnonted  on 
their  appoiirance  by  military  officers  of  high  rank,  under 
whose  inspection  they  passed.    Sir  Edward  was  not 
a  little  proud  of  his  soldiers,  and  was  frequently  pre- 
sent at  the  regular  drill  which  took  place  three  times  a 
-week,  as  well  as  at  the  occasional  field-days  on  Anglo- 
pey  common.    In  the  intervals  of  his  work  at  his  office, 
he  might  often  be  seen  diligently  stu4ying  his  t,e;.t- 
book  of  military  evolutions,  "  getting  up  his  lesson,"  as 
ho  termed  it,  "  for  the  aftern(X)ji's  performance."   Once, 
they  were  honored  by  being  allowed  to  attend  the 
Queen,  on  her  landing  at  the  Clarence  Yard,  instead  of 
the  usual  gua^d   of  honor,  on   which  occasion  Sir 
Edward  received  Her  Majesty,  not  in  his  usual  oapa- 
city  of  Captain-Superintendent,  but  in  his  colonel's 
uniform,  at  the  head  of  his  gallant  battalion.    A  few 
days  previously  to  the  wdl-known  10th  of  April,  1848, 
all  the  regular  troops  stationed  in  or  near  Gosport  were 
summoned  to  london,  in  anticipation  of  the  expected 
Chartist  demonstoition,  and,  during  their  absence,  the 
Olaranoe  Yard  Battalion  performed  all  the  usual  mili- 
tary dt^es  at  the  different  stations  on  the  west  side  of 
the  harbor.    Oonsiderable  apprehensiona  were  enter* 
tallied  there,  as  elsewhere,  aa  to  the  leaidt  of  the  dLay's 
proceedings  in.  the  metmpolis,  eq>ecially  as  information 
had  been  received  th*t  She  expected  insurgents  had  re- 
solved, in  tltQ  eve»t  of  auooes^  to  attack  the  dockyards 
and  bum  ihe  naval  stores.    Constant  telegraphic  com- 
munications were  kept  up  with  the  Horse   Guards 
daring  tije  whole  day,  and  Sir  Edward  was  not  a  little 


^  II I  ii1<[p(lii<lyriftrv^"-'-'"-i    '"' "   "■ 


978 


iimoiM  om 


Tolieved  irhen  apprised  of  the  nvuxem  ot  the  preoaationa 
taken  bji  Qoverninent  "  We  were  all  of  us  ready,"  be 
wrote  to  his  son  aflenrards,  "  and,  depend  upon  it,  we 
■hould  have  done  our  duty;  but  it  was  an  anxious 
time  for  some  of  us  I" 

Upon  the  return  of  Sir  James  0.  Boss  from  the  Arotio 
regions  in  1849,  and  the  report  of  his  &ilare  to  discover 
any  traoes  of  Franklin,  Sir  Edward  was  continually 
summoned  to  London,  to  consult  with  the  Admiralty 
as  to  the  best  mode  of  continuing  the  search  fbr  the 
missing  vessels.  This  was  a  subject  in  which,  from 
his  own  polar  experience,  and  his  anxiety  re^)ecting 
the  &te  of  his  friend  Franklin,  his  own  feelings  were 
deeply  involved.  "  I  have  to  make  my  report  Unlay," 
he  writes  to  one  of  his  children,  *'  and  I  trust  that  I 
may  be  led,  by  a  better  wisdom  than  my  own,  to  give 
sound  and  judicious  advice." 

The  arrival  of  Oaptain  Austin  inEnghind,  withtho 
relics  discovered  by  Captain  Ommaaey  at  Gape  Biley, 
was  to  him,  an  object  of  peotdiar  interest,  and  it  was 
his  own  and  Sir  John  Bichaidaon's  eareflil  reports  on 
the  subject,  which  ultimately  settled  the  question  of 
their  connection  vrith  the  long-lost  "Erebus"  and 
"^  Terror."  It  may  well  be  conceived  with  what  eager* 
ness  he  followed  the  steps  of  the  searching  e;q>editioha^ 
and' the  grtfdual  advance  of  gedgraphical  knof^ledge  in 
those  regions  to  which  he  himself  had  opened  the  way. 
Be  eagerly  perused  the  graphic  account,  in  Lieut 
SfOlintook'ti  journal,  of  the  visit  paid  by  that  officer  to 
the  scenes  of  his  own  early  discoveries  at  Melville 
Island.  He  read  the  journid  alond  to  his  fiumly  in  the 
course  of  one  evening,  that  they  migfat  shave  with  him 


"pHMi 


\ 

preoaatiooa 
I  ready,"  h« 
upon  it,  we 
im  aaxioua 

1  the  Arctic 
I  to  diBoover 
continually 
Admiralty 
roh  fbr  the 
irhich,  from 
r  respecting 
jlingB  were 
lOrttOKlay," 
trust  that  I 
nm,  to  give 

id,  withtho 
Oape  Biley, 
and  it  was 
,  reports  on 
|UMtion  of 
rebus"  and 
what  eager* 
txpeditiona^ 
lof^ledgein 
ed  the  way. 
i,  in  Lieut 
lat  officer  to 
at  Melville 
umlyiuthe 
te  with  him 


SIB  W.  a.  PABKT. 


m 


in  dio  absorbing  interest  of  the  subject  They  saw  that 
he  could  scarcely  restrain  his  emotion,  as  the  narrative 
detailed  tho  first  sight  of  tho  well-known  rocks  of 
Winter  Harbor,  and  the  finding  of  his  own  records 
beneath  tho  cairns,  and  when  it  proceeded  fUrther  to 
describe  the  place  of  his  encampment  during  the  spring 
journey  across  that  isknd,  where  the  bones  of  the 
ptarmigan,  on  which  he  and  his  companions  had 
feasted,  still  lay  scattered  on  the  ground  bleached  with 
the  fixMts  of  thirty  winters.  He  was  not  a  little  gratified 
with  the  complunent  paid  to  the  aoct&acy  of  his  own 
account^ "  which,"  to  use  the  words  of  one  of  the  officers, 
*'  they  carried  with  them  like  a  Mummy's  Handbook," 
and  by  the  aid  of  which  the  exploring  party  were  led 
to  the  very  spot  where  the  wheels  of  Us  own  broken- 
down  oart  had  been  left,  and  on  which  they  had  for 
some  days  confidently  reckoned,  as  a  welcome  addition 
to  their  almost  exhausted  stook  of  fW;l. 

While  at  Haalar,  ^  Edward  gave  his  full  support 
to  the  different  religious  societies  of  which  he  was  a 
member^  At  Gkiport  and  Portsea  he  was  oontinuaUy 
called  upon  to  takje  the  chair  at  their  provincial  meet- 
vagL  "The  veiy  sight  of  him,"  says  a  friend,  "as 
he  entered  a  public  meeting,  what  animation  and  life 
it  aeeroed  to  givel  A  sort  of  eleotrio  pleasure  was 
instantly  produced,  and  a  glowing  smile  lighted  up 
every  fi^e  as  it  locked  up  to  hia  I  have  fbl%  tbia 
often  in  going  with  him."  In  none  did  he  feel  a  more 
lively  interest  than  the  Bntish  and  Foreign  Bible  So- 
uialy^  at  tihe  meeftingsof  which  in  the  ne^borhood 
he  nsually  presided, 

**I  love  the  BiUe  Society,**  he  said  on  one  oooa«k», 


f 


<iiipp|ggi»»l|y|i>iiii[  ar. ';  iiiiiir]Wiii,illi» 


Itl 


mmotM  ov 


"m  one  ofth*  moat  raltuibU,  and,  nnder  Ood't  bleming, 
th«  moct  saooflMtbl  inHtromenti  for  promoting  HI*  glory, 
and  the  highest  weUkre  of  men  I  I  lore  it,  boflnimo  I  aoo 
that,  in  thoM  times,  men  are  peoullorly  apt  to  depart 
from  the  limplo  truth  aa  it  ia  in  Jeaua,  and  to  aim  at  he- 
ing  wIm  aboTe  that  which  ii  written.  I  love  it,  becanio 
it  unites  in  one  common  object  the  dllTorent  denoiaina- 
tiona  of  Christians  among  as.  With  whatever  regret 
we  may  contemplate  th*'  fact  of  such  difference,  yet  a  fact 
it  is,  and,  I  aupposo,  always  must  bu,  while  the  world 
lasts.  For  my  own  part,  though  I  enterUin  an  ardent 
and  increasing  love  for  the  Church  of  which  I  am  a  mem- 
ber—though I  have  a  sincere,  and,  I  trust,  atioiisoiontioaa 
love  for  her  articles,  her  liturgy,  and  her  disoiplino— yet 
I  do  not  see  why  all  this  is  to  prevent  my  joining,  where 
I  can,  heart  and  soul,  with  those  who  differ  from  me  in 
thifl  respect  I*> 

At  the  time  of  the  well-known  •'  Papal  Aggrewion" 
in  1850,  a  meeting  was  held  at  Gosport  for  the  pur- 
pose of  presenting  an  addreis  to  Her  Miyesty.  The 
chair  was  taken  by  one  of  the  magUitratefl,  and  the 
Isolation,  embodying  the  propoeed  address,  moved 
by  Sir  Ed^^ard  Parry,  in  an  eneigetio  speech  ezpresmve 
of  hif  owu  willingnesR  to  take  a  fowmost  place  in  re- 
itsting.a  movement,  which  he  fblt  to  be  oppoaed  to 
"the  PreJestant  throne,  the  Protestant  liberties,  and, 
above  all,  the  Protestant  fi^th  of  hia  ooiutry." 

**0n  thme  grooads,**  ha  oonolnied,  •*!  owdiaUy  ap- 
pn>re  of  the  addreM  propoeed  to,  be  preaented  to  oar 
most  gracious  Queen— and  I  heartily  hope,  and  I  fer- 
ventiy  believe,  that  these  arrogant  pretensiont  will  turn 
to  our  good--«hat  they  will  serve  to  ronse  that  noble 


1 1 .-. 


immmMmm 


■filMHiHM 


■I  w.  a.  rAMiT. 


itt 


!*■  bleaaing, 
I  IIl«  glory, 
ooaiiM)  1 100 
i  to  depart 
aim  at  be- 
lt, b«oatiRO 
donotuiiio- 
iTer  regret 
e,  yet  a  foot 
I  the  world 
1  an  nrdont 
am  a  mem- 
naoioDtioaa 
ipline — ^yet 
ing,  where 
h>m  me  in 

jjgreMion" 
'  the  pur- 
sty.  The 
,  and  the 
B,  moved 
tzpreamve 
100  m  re* 
pposed  to 
rtaeli,  and, 

rdially  ap- 
ed to  oar 
ud  I  fer- 
will  tnm 
liat  noble 


Protoatant  ipirit  which  haa  been  ao  '  lormant  among 
na,  but  whioh  the  events  of  the  ..»<«t  wtteks  have 

proved  not  to  be  (txtinot.  I  oouiidontly  anticipate 
that  an  unirenal  bunt  of  honeet  English  Proteatant 
indignation  will  be  iinanimouiiiy  lunt  forth,  through  the 
whole  length  and  breadth  of  our  land,  luch  an  will  pro- 
duce among  outmIvo*  a  reiotion  in  ikvor  of  good,  old- 
iaabioned,  aoriptural  truth,  while  it  thunder*  in  the  eare 

^ '  of  that  proiumptuoua  Pontiff,  to  toaoh  liim  that,  however 
cunning  ho  may  thinlc  the  game  ho  ie  playing,  he  haa, 
for  once,  made  a  fdee  move — to  teach  him  that  'tiio 
wiae  are '  sometimoe  'taken  in  their  own  orafViuoa*' — to 
teach  him,  in  abort,  by  a  practical  luMon,  that  England, 
ProteatAnt  England,  ii  not  prepared — though  aome  of 

'■',,  her  recreant  aons  ouy  have  led  him  to  expect  that  ahe 
ii  prepared,  to  be  trampled  under  foot,  to  be  held  in 
bondage,  either  of  aooi  or  body,  by  any  foreign  Po- 
tenUtet" 

In  the  foundatioo,  at  thie  time,  of  a  Sailon'  Home 
at  Portsmouth,  Sir  iCdword  toolc  an  aotive  pari  Of 
the  great  impoitanoe  and  value  of  ihiau  ioitittttifHU  he 
was  fully  convinoey^  and  always  oondemned  in  the 
stroQgeit  terms  the  idaa,  eatertaioed  by  not  a  £iw 
naval  ofBoera,  that  the  otuiraoter  df  BiiUsh  aeamea 
would  be  lowered  in  the  eyes  of  the  world,  by  any 
attempts  to  improve  their  moral  and  sooial  oondition 
on  shore.  B»,  on  the  ooiUrary,  made  it  hia  oonitani 
aim  to  impress  upon  them  the  flust,  that  a  Christian 
sailor  waa  not  only  a  better  and  a  h^pi»er  man,  Irat  a 
better  seaman  atao. 

**  In  advocating  the  oaose  of  the  P6f«ino(ith  SaBon* 
Homei**  Im  ttUif  at  a  nieetlng  at  Botli  in  seiMovt  of  thai 


HiiiiirMimiilr 


MO 


MntoiM  or 


Inatitatton,  th«  jrMr  bafora  hia  dMth,  "  wa  do,  in  Oust, 
dMir«  to  kdvoMta  s  ino«t  ini|)ort«nt  prinoipli),  I  nimn 
thftt  of  th«  nouMtlty  of  MtabliiihlnK  Hoilora*  Hum')*  ii<it 
only  ftt  Portnnouth, '  )t  »t  all  our  MaiNirt*— -not  to  bo 
Hi  ted  to  this  or  thai  i  Imi  of  iwiiuion,  to  Mtloni  of  tlia 
Rojal  N«vy  or  thoM  oi  our  vMt  morcantilo  inariuo,  but 
•pplloftbl*  to  aU  who  b«Mr  tb«  namo  (majr  I  uol  My,  tbo 
honr'niblo  nam*)  of  BiitUh  Mamoo!*' 

Th«  chief  feature  in  Sir  ijklward  Parry'it  roligioua 
life,  which  could  Boarcoly  fail  to  improM  itself  on  all 
w  *o  w«v  H' ought  into  contoot  with  him,  wm  ita  emi- 
?*"  if  iiftt  icol  and  oonaintcnt  character.  It  wom  not 
"UA  hira  oa  a  garment  put  on  at  particular  H'^uiionii,  or 
i':.  Rtated  purpoaea,  but  was,  aa  it  were,  engrained  into 
tlie  rery  oonatitution  of  the  man— the  mainspring  of 
eTeiy  thought,  word,  and  deed,  in  private  aa  well  aa 
in  publio.  At  the  same  time,  few  have  ever  exhibited 
a  more  atriking  refhtation  of  the  chai^go,  often  brought 
ngoinat  religion,  Of  a  tendency  to  oast  a  shade  of  gloom 
over  the  pleasures  of  lift ;  ibr  hia  piety  was  aa  olieorful 
and  genial  as  it  was  active,  and  practical.  Its  simpli- 
dty,  aloo,  waa  no  leas  oonspiouous.  Holding  the  love 
of  Christ  to  sinners  as  the  foundation  of  his  fiuth,  and 
looking  to  the  glory  of  Ood  as  his  constant  aim,  the 
aubtld  reasonings  of  theologians,  and  the  diflcuaaion  of 
theoretioal  difficulties,  had  no  charm  for  him,  nor  could 
he  be  induced  to  enter  on  any  aubjecta  of  controversy, 
which  he  did  not  consider  to  be  of  practical  importance 
to  the  Christian  character.  To  him  Christ  was  "  all  in 
all,"  the  Atonemrait  the  central  and  ruling  principle  of 
his  creed ;  while  the  living  fruits  of  hb  own  Christian 
oxouple  formed  an  evidence  of  the  eamaatnosa  ^nd 


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iptfl,  I  nitmn 

lIoinM  iKit 
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lilora  of  tli« 

nmriiio,  but 
not  Mjr,  tlio 


r'M  roligioiM 
itaolf  on  all 
VM  ita  emi- 
It  wort  not 
'  m^oNonii,  or 
(raiuod  into 
inspring  of 
I  (M  well  aa 
)r  exhibited 
ten  brought 
lo  of  gloom 
I M  olieorful 
Its  rimpli- 
Qg  the  love 
s  faith,  and 
>nt  aim,  the 
iinouBBiou  of 
n,  norooald 
lontrovemy, 
importance 
was  "  all  in 
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depth  of  his  religious  oharaoter,  which  even  those  who 
diflbred  firom  him  in  points  of  doctrine  were  constrained 
to  aoknowle<ige.  Allied,  as  he  undoubtedly  was,  h^ 
conviction  and  feeling,  to  the  views  held  by  the  Evan- 
gelical par^— ever  ready  to  proclaim  his  distaste  to 
the  sentiments  of  the  so-colled  "Tractarian"  school, 
and  willing  to  hold  out  the  right-hand  of  fellowship  to 
his  dissenting  brethren,  where  he  felt  he  could  meet 
•  them  on  common  ground — ^it  was,  at  the  same  time,  im- 
possible to  accuse  him  of  undervaluing  the  dignity  of 
the  Church  of  England,  either  in  its  services,  on  whoso 
bsauty  and  spirituality  he  loved  to  dwell,  or  in  the 
position  held  by  its  authorized  ministers.  If  a  clergy* 
man  were  staying  in  his  house,  no  arguments  would 
induce  him  to  occupy  his  usual  post  at  fiunily  prayers ; 
and,  on  one  occasion,  being  anxious  to  complete  a 
course  of  scriptural  exposition  which  he  had  com- 
menoed,  he  was  not  ashamed,  humbly  and  touohingly, 
to  request  permission  of  his  own  son,  then  just  or- 
dained, to  allow  him  to  continue  for  a  few  days  longsr 
in  the  place  which,  for  the  future^  he  considered  as  the 
right  of  the  latter. 

To  his  own  &mily  the  five  years  of  their  life  at 
Haslar  present  one  unvarying  picture  of  domestic  en- 
joyment For  the  first  time  since  his  residence  at  Port 
Stephens,  he  was  enabled  to  combine  official  duties 
with  the  daily  interests  of  the  home  cirde,  and  he 
reckoned  this  as  not  the  least  of  the  advantages  conse- 
quent on  his  new  position.  When  he  left  Hampateftd, 
his  second  son  was  just  entering  the  Nafy,  and  the 
eldest  still  at  Bugby.  At  the  end  of  his  sojourn  at 
Haslar^  the  latter  was  shortly  about  to  take  his  degree 


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at  Oxford,  his  step^laugbter  already  married,  and  hia 
own  eldest  daughter  engaged;  and  it  was  to  him  a 
matter  of  unceasing  thankfulness  thus  to  have  been 
able  to  watch  over  the  spiritual,  no  less  than  the  tern- 
port!  welfare  of  those  so  dear  to  kim,  as  they  grow  u^ 
around  him,  :nd  emerged  from  childhood  into  the  re- 
sponsibilities of  riper  age.  The  following  letters,  writ- 
ten at  this  period,  form  an  interesting  sample  of  hia 
aflfectionate  intercourse  with  them,  and  of  the  eamesf 
manner  in  which  he  always  strove  to  impress  upon 
them  tho  neoessi^  of  acting  up  to  their  Ohristian 
profbflsion.  „ 

v  ^v    To  his  eldeet  Son,  at  Hugby.    f  - W^'f^^'i' 

'    *•'  ''mtOar,  June  6, 1847. 

**Mt  Dbabbst  E :  I  had  not  time  last  night  to 

asaore  you,  half  as  strongly  as  I  wished  to  do,  of  the  hap- 
piness I  experienced  in  receiving  Mr.  0— — 's  most  wel- 
come announcement,  and  your  own,  on  the  subject  of 
your  prize.  Thii  was  an  honor  which  I  bad-  not  ven- 
tnred  to  anticipate  for  you,  believing  that  we  had  no 
right  to  think  of  it,  at  your  present  standing  in  the  Sucth. 
Let  us  be  thankfbl,  my  dear  boy,  for  this  success,  and  let 
it  be  our  purpose  and  endeavor  to  dedicate  every  success 
and  every  talent  to  Ood*s  glory!  I  trust  that  nothing 
will  come  in  the  way  to  prevent  my  acoeptbg  Mr.  0— — *8 
invitation  to  be  present  at  the  Speeches ;  I  should  very 
greatly  enjoy  it  In  this  case  we  should,  of  course,  come 
hoine  together. 

*  M  Ever  your  affectionate  Ikther, 


J^  ■ 


ij  married,  and  hia 
id  it  was  to  him  a 

thoa  to  have  been 
lO  leoB  than  the  tern- 
im,  as  they  grew  u^ 
ildhood  into  the  re- 
lowing  letters,  writ- 
sting  sample  of  hia 

and  of  the  eamesf 
79  to  impress  npon 

to  their  Ohristian 


"iugbt/. 


■i,(Hf.'>,V^'t.. 


Uar,  June  5, 1847. 
i  time  last  night  to 
ed  to  do,  of  the  hap- 
r.  0 ^*8  most  Wei- 
ll on  the  subject  of 
ich  I  bad- not  ven- 
ng  that  we  had  no 
ending  in  the  Sucth. 

this  success,  and  let 
idioate  every  success 

trust  that  nothing 

loeptbg  Mr.  0 ^'s 

shes;  I  should  very 
>uld,  of  course,  oome 

e&ther^  ■''''':'*'''>""!.'"'■'. 

"W.E.PAMT." 


Sn  W.  ■.  PABUT. 


7b  hit  DatigJUtr,  at  m^ooL 


388 


V  <    ;  **Augu»t  9, 1941. 

<*  Most  thankflil  am  I,  mj  dearest  child,  that  it  has 
pleased  Qod  to  place  you  in  a  dtnation  so  likely  to  bo 
advantageous  to  you!  Nothing  but  this  conviction  would 
have  induced  us  to  part  with  you  from  under  our  own 
roo^  and  frrm  under  our  own  eye,  but  we  do  feel  so 
much  confidence  in  those  in  whose  charge  you  are  placed, 
that  we  can  not  entertt^n  a  doubt  that,  under  God's  bless 
ing  (without  which  aU  human  plans  and  means  are  un- 
availing,)  you  will  dertve  much  benefit  from  your  present 
position.  Above  all,  let  us  be  in  constant  prayer  to  God 
that  this  step  may  be  blessed  to  your  eternal,  as  well  as 
temporal  good.  There  is  nothing  to  be  done,  and  nothing 
to  be  expected  without  this.  •  We  can  do  nothing  of 
ourselves,*  says  the  Apostle,  'but  we  oan  do  o/l  things 
through  Christ  rtrengthenhig  us.'  'Prayer  moves  the 
hand  that  moves  the  world.* 

•<  We  had  a  beautifhl  review  of  our  battalion  at  Clar- 
ence Yard,  by  Prince  Albert,  on  Saturday.  The  men 
performed  capitally.  The  Prince  was  with  us  an  hour  or 
more,  and  expressed  Wgh  gratification.  God  bless  and 
keep  you,  my  beloved  child  I  and  ev^ir.  believe  me, 

"  Your  fondly  affectbnate  fkther, 
T  "  W.  E.  Pab»t  w 

TaAetamefOnherburAday. 

MJSRMlor,  iS^fXsmSsr  15, 1848. 

«•  Mt  Pmoious  L :    This  is  not  only  my  regular 

day  for  writing  to  you,  but  it  is  a  day  of  so  much  interest 
to  us  both— interest  for  eternity,  as  well  as  for  tune— th.it 
I  am  derirotts  of  making  my  letter  to  you  to4ay  the  first 


iMiiiit>Mli^1ftliW1lltf<t>fel'»<'lrMiMrla«tw-iiiii^^^    I  itoaifcuiiit'iftiii  mi'rKHIi 


.■■r^.^;,'....>J»', 


MMMMi^mMM 


i\ 


^i■'^^^ 


lODtOlM  «r 

Mt  of  the  dfty,  next  to  that  which  I  h»ve  already  per- 
Ibrmed  of  imploring  God*i  best  bleating  on  mj  child,  and 
the  ohild  of  ao  preoiooa  and  beloved  a  mother.  My  prayer 
to  Qod  ha*  been,  my  dearest  L  ,  that  you  may  be  His 
ohild  as  well  as  oom — *a  member  of  Christ,  a  child- of 
Ood,  and  an  inheritor  of  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven.*  This 
was  ever  her  most  fervent  and  incessant  prayer  for  yoit, 
that  yon  might  be  bom  again — ^bom  of  the  Spirit,  as  well 
as  of  water — that  Christ  may  be  made  unto  yon  wisdom, 
and  righteousness,  and  sanotification,  and  redemption' 
that  you  may  be  Justified,  pardoned,  and  accepted  through 
fiiith  in  Him,  who  is  the  Way,  the  Truth,  and  the  Life, 
whom  to  know  is  life  eternal  I 

"  There  was  no  feature  in  your  dear  mothor^s  character 
more  remarkable,  and  more  lovely,  than  the  simplicity, 
the  cbild-lfke  simplicity,  of  her  fkith  in  Jesus — ^hor  abhor- 
rence of,  and  shrinking  from,  any  thing  like  mystification 
in  the  doctrines  of  the  everlasting  Gospel.  '  Looking  unto 
Jesus'  was  her  motto,  the  word  of  God  her  standard  and 
guide.  *  Thus  suth  the  Lord  *  wios  to  her  a  suflioiont,  and 
never  fiuling  rule  of  life.  She  would  have  recoiled  with 
disgust  at  that  grievous  hevesy,  that  most  baneful  and 
dangerous  semi-popery,  now  so  common  in  our  own 
^Church,  called  'Tractarianism,*  which  is  a  system  of  sot- 
ting up  the  Priesthood,  and  what  is  called  *  the  Church,* 
and  keefdng  out  of  sight  the  great  Head  of  the  Church— 
of  putting  human  imagmations  (in  the  shapo  of  what  is 
called  tradition)  side  by  side,  and  on  a  level  with  the  in- 
Mible  word  of  the  eternalGk>d— of  putting  the  observance 
of  the  sacraments  in  the  place  of  the  righteousness  and 
death  of  Christ,  as  a  meritorious  ground  of  hope  in  the 
great  concern  of  salvation,  and  thus  making  religion  a 
business  of  outward  forms  and  ceremonies,  instead  of  a 
buKnesa  of  the  heart.    All  this  is  a  sad,  sad  perversion  of 


»   '  ■  'J 


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if 


HIR  \S.  a.  VkStXt. 


285 


b  I  h»ve  already  p«r- 
sf ing  on  mj  child,  and 
la  mother.  My  prayer 
-,  that  you  may  be  Ilia 
r  of  Christ,  a  child- of 
lom  of  Heaven.*  This 
auant  prayer  for  yon, 
m  of  the  Spirit,  as  well 
ade  onto  yon  wisdom, 
ion,  and  redemption* 
,  and  accepted  through 
I  Truth,  and  the  Life, 

aar  mother's  character 
',  than  the  simplicity, 
\  in  Jesus — ^hor  abhor- 
tiing  like  mystifioation 
bspel.  'Looking  unto 
Qod  her  standard  and 
to  her  a  sufficient,  and 
iild  have  recoiled  with 
hat  most  l^aneful  and 
sommon  in  our  own 
ioh  is  a  system  of  set- 
s  called  *  the  Church,* 
Seadof  the  Ohuroh— 
t  the  shape  of  what  is 
}n  a  level  with  the  in- 
>nttiog  the  observance 
the  rightoousnoss  and 
round  of  hope  in  the 
ins  making  religion  a 
remonies,  instead  of  a 
sad,  sad  perversion  of 


the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus,  and  wc  know  from  experience 
now  thot  it  leads  to  all  the  errors,  and  superstitions,  and 
idohitries  of  the  Church  of  Rome.  Beworo  then,  my  be- 
loved child,  of  this  fotal,  and,  I  fear,  increasing  device  of 
the  great  adversary  of  souls.  '  Search  the  Scriptures,'  for 
they  are  able  to  make  you  wise  unto  salvation,  through 
fiiith  in  Jesus  Cfcrist.  I  send  you  a  valuable  little  tract, 
which  I  wish  yon  would  read  attentively,  comparing  it 
with  what  you  know  of  the  Oospel,  for  that  is  the  standard 
by  which  alone  we  must  measure  truth.  '  To  the  Law 
and  to  the  Testimony,*  etc.,  (Isaiah  8 :  20.) 
.;•  .7.  •*  Ever  your  most  loving  Father, 

"W.  E.PABET.* 

,  To  to /Sbn,  erf  M(k 

'•       '    ■■■•''  —        "Oc^oftcr  21, 1849. 

«•  Mr  PwBCiora  C :    Though  you  will  receive  an. 

other  note  from  me  by  thb  same  post,  yet  I  can  not  refrain 
from  writuig  you  a  few  lines  more  oh  this  your  sixteenth 
birthday,  to  assure  you  how  fervently  I  have  poured  out 
my  heart  this  morning  in  prayer  to  God,  that  you  may 
be  preserved  from  aU  evU  and  danger  of  soul  and  body, 
and  may  be  brought  into  the  fold  of  the  good  and  great 
EHiepherd,  Jesus  Christ,  and  that  we  moy  tU,  at  length, 
meet  in  His  etemil  and  glorious  kingdom,  through  HUi 
merits  and  mediaUon  I 

♦♦  I  have  been  reading  over  your  letters  from  St.  Helen's, 
just  before  you  left  England,  one  of  which  was  written 
this  day  two  years,  October  21, 1847,  and  I  humbly  desire 
to  bless  and  praise  my  God  for  the  prosperity  which  has 
attended  you  from  that  time.  To  Him,  I  shall  commit 
yon,  my  boy,  in  confidence  that  He  will  ever  be  with  you, 
tuiJ  make  all  thmgs  work  together  for  your  best  good. 


««tteaMaaii<t»i<MMi<'ii>iiiii«ii«iii»iii[»M<wiiilM«iir»a<»iMilWi^^ 


f . 


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ass 


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,«^IUDfOIM  OV    •/ 


Onlj  b«  oarefal  to  honor  Him,  and  H«  will  honor  yon, 
for  that  ii  Hii  promise,  and  not  one  promise  of  His  will 
erer  (hll.  Be  espeoUUy  oareAil  ot  your  Ungoage,  not  to 
slip,  as  people  often  do,  into  any  habits  of  pro&ne  ex< 
pressions;  nothing  can  be  more  ungentlemanly,  as  wol) 
as  onohristian.  Constantly  remember  that  you  are  a(  tu- 
ally  in  the  presence  and  in  the  sight  'ofcOod,  and  that 
*  He  sfrfeth  out  nil  our  ways.*  Honor  Him  by  reading 
His  word,  and  by  daily  prayor.  Seek  Him  as '  yonr  Father 
who  is  in  Heaven.*  Oo  to  Him  in  every  difficulty  or  trial. 
Speak  to  Him  freely  though  reverently.  Tell  Him  all 
your  wants ;  and  the  promise  is, '  Seek,  and  ye  shall  find, 
ask,  and  ye  shall  have  ;*  and  may  His  blessbg  attend  you 

evamore !  Ever,  my  dearest  0 ^ 

"  Yonr  loving  fkther,  '  '  # ri 

-■-■   -;^     r,  >  .■  ,      ,   -''•^-'•-H'i-v    "W.E.  Pajmt.w 

To  Lady  Bxny,  c^jparffng  wUh  Mb  tailor  Son. 

,.;,c^»*!«.fei:v  i;,.!  .',^ft  ,.  ''JEIcMforv  Jon.  31,  1851.     - 

I  iw^A  «livl  •imiit^'A^A^i^^.i.  Now  I  must  give  you  some 
little  aooount  of  our  day  thus  fiur,  which,  in  the  tnidst  of 
much  that  b  sorrowflil  in  our  partings,  demands  our 
warmest  gratitude  to  Him,  ^o  ordereth  all  things  well! 
>**The  day,  u  you  were  aware,  cleared  np  just  aa  we ' 
wem  starting  to  go  on  board  the  ^Sprightly'  steamer,  to^ 
meet  the  Admiral.  If  we  had  been  snperstitioosly  iu" 
(dined,  we  dwald  hare  oaUed  it  a  good  omen,  but  it  was 
eheering,  and  I  hope  we  were  thankfhLto  Him  who  sent- 

it.    Oar  predous  0 *t  leaving  home  wM  a  really  trjr 

ing  thing.  He  was  greatly  overoMoe  in  takbg  leave  of 
an,  deters,  semmts,  every  body.  I  really  did  not  know 
how  to  stand  it  royseU;  and  felt  it  more  than  a  comfort,  a 
real  mercy,  to  have  to  take  him  on  bownl  with  dear  E , 


H«  will  honor  7011, 
promiBe  of  Hii  will 
>ur  language,  not  to 
kbita  of  pro&ne  ex* 
entlemanljr,  aa  wol) 
r  that  yoa  are  a(  tu- 
t'oi»Ood,an<i  that 
ar  Him  by  reading 
lim  as  *  yoar  Father 
ry  difficulty  or  trial. 
aUy.  Ten  Him  all 
k,  and  ye  shall  find, 
bleaaing  attend  you 

r,  \"Uf(' 

•W.E.  Pabkt." 

\  Mb  tailor  Son. 

iTy  Jan.  ai,  1661. 
auit  give  yoa  some 
oh,  hi  the  Inidat  of 
inga,  demands  our 
«th  all  things  well! 
ared  np  joit  aa  we 
iflhtly  >  steamer,  to 
saperstitioosly  in* 
d  omen,  bat  it  was 
d.  to  Him  who  sent 
le  wis  a  really  trjr 
in  taUng  leare  of 
eally  did  not  know 
e  than  •  comfort,  a 
d  with  dear] 


t»  w.  I.  rAUT. 


387 


and  to  haTe  to  raugh  it  a  little  in  boats,  veiseU,  etc. 
"fhe  Admiral  oame  before  half-part  ten,  and  off  wo  went, 
taking  not  more  than  twenty  minutes  to  reach  the  *Ani- 
phitrite*  at  Spithead.  The  captain  was  most  Idnd,  ami, 
indeed,  all  seemed  as  flkTorable  for  our  beloved  boy  as  wo 
oould  desire.  He  at  onoe  mixed  with  the  other  mids,  oto., 
and,  though  ve  knew  his  heart  was  half  breaking  (as  I  am 
sure  mine  wm)  at  oar  parting,  he  behaved  like  a  man, 
and,  after  two  or  three  loaTe-takings,  we  oame  away  with 
the  Admiral,  getting  baok  to  my  office  at  hal^past  twelve, 
libel  it  to  be  an  eventfol  day,  and  when  foith  is  weak— 
as,  alas!  it  often  !•— I  ooald  give  way  to  many  forebodings 
of  never  se^g  my  boy  on  earth  agab ;  bat  I  earnestly 
desire  and  pray  to  oommit  it  all  to  Him  who  oareth  foi 
«•  I  •» 

ToA» 


«<JUrMary  1, 1851. 
**Mt  Diaumf-- —  t  I  have  Jast  retomed  from  the 
sea  wall,  where  I  have  been  stndnio'  &y  eyes,  through 
the  fog,  to  oatoh  a  last  sight  of  the  *  A^i  nitrite !  *  After 
watohlng  her  for  about  aa  hoar  and  a  qoarter,  knowUig 
that  she  mast  go  aoon,  having  a  line  E.  N.  E.  wind,  at 
length,  at  a  qoartw  to  Ave,  I  saw  the  sails  loosed,  and,  at 
five  minvtaa  after  Ave,  she  was  foiilyander  way.  I  spent 
that  hoar  and  half  la  prayer  for  my  predoos  boy ;  and, 
whea  the  ship  was  awvlag,  I  kaelt  down  on  that  bhuik 
stona  Mil,  aad  poored  oat  ny  whole  heart,  with  strong 
tearaMdorylBgiiaUabehalf;  Iftltasiflaever  knew 
what  pnjerwaa  before!  Weaent  Urn  letters  to  Fly. 
month  this  uorabg*  aad  I  shall  aow  write  aaother  line. 
Aadaowlmastwy  good  by,  aad  Jofai  oar  little  party 
athome.   May  the  Lord  be  with  yoa  I** 


mhmiiiiiM»i>ktimimtAiimm 


MxAwyiWtiiMi  III  I  11 'till  mi-iiiiijiim 


; 


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V 


MXIIOIM  AP 


To  hit  Son,  at  tmu 


¥   ■ 


X 


**Sa»lar,  J>ttnmi«r  19,  \B5h 
»  •  .  .  **  Oh  i  how  w«  thall  think  of  oar 
bclovtd  MiUor  thli  OhrbtmM,  and  of  tho  happy,  hapj*/ 
tlOM  w«  wtr«  pennittflcl  to  et^oj  laat  jMr.  Umj  it 
pUsM  Ood  to  give  UM  mioh  another  OhriatnuM,  in  Ilia 
own  good  time  and  place !  I  am  sure  yon  will  lilie  the 
propoeala  contained  in  the  printed  papers  which  I  ecnd 
jroa.*  It  if  impoMible  to  mj  what  maj  not  be  the  effect 
of  miited  prayer,  and  the  world,  and  the  men  of  the 
world,  litUe  tliink  what  they  owe  to  the  prayen  of  Qod'i 
•ervantst  y-. 

**I  have  been  very  busy  in  our  Arctic  OommittM  to 
Inquire  into  the  resalta  of  the  late  ezpeditione,  and,  in 
our  report,  we  recommend  another  expedition  by  way  of 
Wellington  Strait"  , 

Jb  the  tarn*,        '  '    •*;  ''■    '-  '»* 

**ir(Mlw,  Jum  13,  1M3. 
**  I  need  not  eay  how  we  lympathiie  with  yoa  in  tne 
diMooragements  and  dilBoulttee  yoa  meet  with,  on  board 
•  ship,  in  yoar  religioai  ooane.  Thie  ia  what  might  bo 
expected.  Oar  Lord  alwaya  gave  Hia  diadplei  reaaon  to 
expect  thii.  Look  at  Matt.  10 :  94  to  88.  Look  alio  at 
Matt.  6 :  10, 11,  IS.  Theae  paMagea  ahow  that  He  who 
knew  all  Ihinga,  and  what  m«i*i  hearta  are  made  of; 
knew  that  His  fbllowen  would  meet  with  such  disoouragv- 
meata.  The  partfamlar  kind  of  oppoidticn  varies  with  dl 
the  varioas  dronmstancea  in  which  men  are  phMed,  1»at 
the  priiMlpla  is  the  same ;  it  is  tho  same  evU  heart  of  an* 
b«U«^  wUdi  sots  itsolf  up  against  God,  and  will  Ml  !•• 

•  •*  mpoMl  or  UaioB  ftr  pnyw  la  MmIT  of  tte  Vwy." 


/■. 


•AkK. 


NIH  W.  U.  PAKHY. 


3HW 


A 


Mri. 


Jhcmiiitr  IS,  1881. 
Mr*  •hall  think  of  our 

of  tho  happjr,  hap[>y 
jr  ImI  7Mr.  Majt  it 
ler  OliristiiiM,  in  IIIh 
lire  70a  will  Uli«  the 

pftpers  which  I  eend 
nmj  not  be  the  effect 
and  the  men  of  the 
)  the  prayera  of  Qod'e 

Arotio  Oommittee  to 
»  ezpeditiona,  and,  in 
expedition  bj  way  of 


liw,  June  13,  1803. 
hiie  with  70a  in  tne 
k  meet  with,  on  board 
Ilia  ia  what  might  bo 
lia  diadplea  reaaon  to 
to  88.  Look  alao  at 
•  ahow  that  He  who 
hearta  are  made  ot, 
with  aoohdiaooaragi^ 
Mttlcn  variea  with  ijl 
men  are  phMed,  l»ot 
ame  otU  heart  of  an* 
3od,  and  will  Ml  re* 


eeiTe  Cbriat  liitu  tho  heart.  Your  grcnt  Ncoiirity,  an  well 
aa  comfort,  will  always  be  in  prnyor  'Hila  la  our  ohlor* 
defcnM  againat  th«  wioItedneM  of  iiion,  niui  tho  deviocM 
of  Satan,  and  the  reaaon  of  thia  in,  ttial  wo  can  tin 
notliing  in  our  own  atrongtb,  and  need  continual  lupplii'ii 
of  atrength  fVom  ifbove,  and  thia  Divine  strength  is  only 
to  be  had  by  continual  asking  for  it." 

To  hit  tUUtt  SoUf  on  Jir$t  going  to  Ox/brd. 

'*Jfatlar,  Septembtr  4,  1840. 

"  Mr  DiAMBMT  E :  We  roooived  your  letter  with 

great  pleasure  and  interest,  for  wo  can  not  but  feel  thin 
to  be  a  great  oriaia  in  your  lifb — indeed,  oxuopt  in  ordi- 
nation, there  can  scarcely  be  any  greater.  It  is,  in  fhot, 
emergbg,  aa  it  were,  from  boyhood  to  manhood,  with 
all  the  increase  of  duties,  responsibilities,  and  dangers, 
which  that  change  involvea.  It  will  be  very  desirable 
for  you  to  endeavor  to  see  your  way,  by  God*s  help,  upon 
all  Important  pointa,  before  you:  go  up  to  Oxford ;  so  that 
you  may  have  your  mind  ready  made  up  aa  to  the  Ibio 
you  are  to  take,  and  the  conduct  7on  are  to  pursue.  In 
all  eaaentlal  mattera.  I  am  persuaded  that  much  de- 
pends, in  anoh  oaaea,  on  the  first  atart ;  for  what  ia  easy, 
comparatively,  at  the  outaet,  ia  very  diiBonlt  afterwards, 
and  may  anl^e<A  yon  to  the  charge  of  Incondatenoy.  Be 
aantiooa,  then,  at  first.  Make  no  acquabtance,  much  less 
aompaniooB,  incur  no  expenae,  commence  no  liablt,  which 
yo«  will  afterwarda  disapprove,  and  which  it  will  require 
ft  Ifntl  and  Irkaome  effort  to  get  rid  of.  O'eti  le  premier 
ptfi  qui  eoite  /**  The  principle  to  keep  in  view  ia  prepa- 
ration for  the  aaored  profeadon,  the  liigh  and  holy  colling, 
upon  which.  If  It  please  God,  you  hope,  ere  long,  to  enter. 
Let  everything  tend  to  that  aa  to  a  centre,  and  tlien  you 
18 


"^: 


''§ 


■- r  r iir lit  -^-I'TriTlilMiayWiMiWiifcliiiiii  "i  ni rn 


*. 


IM 


Mmoii 


CMi  not  go  vtry  wrong.  Th«  qoMtion,  '  U  this  or  ltt«i 
Worth/  of  Olio  who  MplrM  to  the  Monxl  oflloo  of  «  Min- 
bt«r  of  Chriatr  wUl  Mttl*  RMUty  diffloultlwK  and  rtHHilvu 
manjr  douhta,  and  in«k«  many  '  onnikcd  thing*  MraiKht  * 
In  yonr  mind.  Aoonatom  jrourMtf  to  aim  high,  iiut 
mtroly  b  liHumlng,  but  b  th«  oliJMta  and  «nda  you  pro. 
poM  to  yourMlf  In  Ufa,  and  all  with  immadiata  reAirviida 
to  tha  Ufa  that  will  naver  and  t    God  LIuh  and  k««p  jrou, 

my  doaraat  it- ,  la  tha  fanrout  prayer  of 

**  Yonr  aflRMtlonata  and  loving  fiither, 

"  W.  E.  PAatT." 

It  would  have  b««n  dlfBoult  for  any  to  have  found 
Wligion  a  roatraint,  when  it  waa  preaentcd  in  the  at- 
tractive  garb  which  it  wore  at  Uaalar.  A  happier 
home  ooald  nowhere  have  been  found,  and  never 
were  lighter  hoarU  or  brighter  fkooa  than  thoae  which 
gathered  on  the  lawn  in  the  evening  of  the  Midaummer 
holidaya,  or  rrKind  the  drawing-room  table  on  a  Ohriat* 
man  night 

Of  publio  balls  and  theatrical  exhibitioni  Sir  Kd- 
ward  alwajn  disapproved,  "  not  that  I  mind  the  plajs 
or  the  dandng,**  he  would  lay,  "but  beoauao  of  the 
moral  evila  attendant  on  the  one,  and  the  habita  of  die* 
Bipation,  and  craving  fcr  excitement,  produced  by  the 
other."  Of  amuiement,  however,  there  woa  never 
any  laok  at  Hailar.  Attheannnalfeati^  j,  marking 
the  birthdays  which  clustered  round  the  .iriatmassear 
son,  '*he  was,"  to  use  the  words  of  a  spectator,  "  the 
very  life  and  moving  spring."  These  entertainments 
were  always  eagerly  anticipated  by  young  and  old,  for 
the  company  were  of  all  ages,  "  grown-up  children's 
parties,"  as  he  used  to  call  them.    In  the  taMrau  t>t- 


iiV' 


/. 


m^^mm»tmm 


•la  w.  a  rAMT. 


90i 


ion,  'li  till*  or  lUai 
lorot)  oflloo  of  A  Min- 
IHoultlvt,  «nil  rtMiolvu 
[>k«d  tiling*  atmiglil  * 
If  to  aim  high,  nut 
it«  im«l  cnda  yuii  pro. 
immadliito  refurviio* 
1  Hum  and  k««p  jrou, 
ftjror  of 
loving  fiither, 
'•  W.  E,  Pa««t." 

r  Any  to  have  foond 
praiented  in  the  at- 
UmUt.  a  happier 
I  found,  and  never 
icfl  than  thoM  which 
ig  of  the  Midsummer 
om  table  on  a  Ohriot* 

exhibitioni  Sir  Ed- 
lat  I  mind  the  plaji 
"but  becaoao  of  the 
And  the  habits  of  die> 
snt,  produced  bj  the 
MP,  there  woa  never 
alfettj^  j,n)«rking 
nd  the    ariitmaaie^' 

of  a  ipeotator,  "  the 
rheae  entertainments 
)j  young  and  old,  for 
'grown>up  children's 
I.     In  the  UMeau  vt- 


vanti,  his  invontivo  genius  uros  taxed  as  wsvcri'ly  as  it 
had  botni  thirty  year*  bt'foro  ou  boanl  the  "  UcwU." 
Ot  thn  charades  noii«^  were  ever  so  Nuc^wMfiil  ns  tlioMi 
in  which  he  himself  apiwarod,  and  his  entrance  wtw 
always  greeted  with  shouts  of  delight.  "  I  can  not 
even  now  recall,"  says  a  fViend,  "  liis  inimitable  per 
furmanoe  of  an  old  gipsy  woman,  without  latt^^Uter ; 
or  his  Irishman,  and  his  oonversatiun  improviaod  for 
the  oooosion  I"  In  the  intervals  between  the  scenes,  he 
did  not  ol^jcot  to  propose  a  quadrille,  or  country  dance, 
himself  selecting  a  partner,  not  unusually  the  i^utallotit 
child  in  the  room,  and  taking  the  first  turn  "duwii 
the  middle  and  up  again."  On  aa  ordinary  evening 
during  the  holidays,  when  the  house  was  usually  fUU 
of  guests,  he  was  always  the  first  to  propose  amuao> 
ments,  in  which  all  wbo  wi/abod  might  join.  In  sum* 
mer,  he  would  swing  the  cliUdren  in  the  paddock,  or 
join  in  "  trap>ball  or  "  roundert"  on  the  lawn.  In 
winter,  those  more  active  games  were  exchanged  for 
social  amusements  in  the  drawing-room.  Of  these  *hc 
most  popular  was  one  well  known  at  Haslor  as  the 
"American  game,"  or  an  exercise  in  impromptu  verses. 
The  best  of  these  compositions  wore  immortalized  in  a 
book  kept  for  the  purpose,  and,  as  the  subjects  usually 
referred  to  the  prominent  events  of  the  day,  the  collec- 
tion soon  fbrmed  a  species  of  &mily  chronicle,  and 
many  of  the  lines  long  survived  as  household  words  on 
the  lips  of  the  diflbrent  members  of  the  domestic  circle. 
These  oompositions,  usually  of  a  hnmorous  nature,  (x:- 
casionally  partook  of  a  graver  character,  one  in  par* 
ticular,  composed  by  Sir  Edward  himself  when  his 
ioilor  iQa  wfn  at  bogie— the  only  oooaiion  at  lUslar, 


ts<t»ii  *ii««iiL<'<iHiaiti»  >inwi>iito^A  o-v^jumt-trnM  >*^NUm»mmtm 


,J2a^ 


909 


MMMOIM  or 


m^* 


ever  tnflmg,  was  "'^y         witliout  a  momorandum- 
the  Hospital,  but  •^^'^^^^.^^Ctli^u^  with  iho 

look  in  upon  him  at  hto  w^  Sem  take  a  seat, 
pied  at  the  »«<>"^«'^^^^.,:if^^about;  then, 
Sntil  he  »«J  ^"'P^^^l^ltohrand  ^^    his 

whioh  to  «>»•  ««»*»»•  »n'»^  "  ""^ 

Btt^  «««»•»»'>«' "™r^  XTTk*-.  birth  I 
"         Stt^JmtomHtoathrtW-***^. 


*UU»cbiklron 
I  written  with 
tionl  Uwto.^ 
ttnod  tUo  Home 
'a  own  roovc" 
he  way  of  cor- 
tniwions,  how- 
JO  writing,  nor 
vmomorandum" 
,  at  hia  offioo  in 
ted  to  buMnesa 
xsounw  with  iho 
had  always  an 
•  trho  ohose  to 
urUoularly  oocu- 
lem  tako  a  seat, 
la  about;  then, 
and  raudng  his 
k  oheerfhl"now 

niMde.  ICmurtU 
rtWkiof  thogamo, 
«  tntraduoiUn  of  th« 


an, 

iranomonl 
nbw  SS.  IBM." 


SIR  W.  E.  PABBT. 

then  1 "  he  wouM  devote  a  few  minutes  to  conversation. 
In  a  particular  drawer  of  his  table  he  kept  a  paper  of 
Bugar-plums  for  the  younger  children,  and  his  bright 
"good-by,"  to  old  as  well  as  young,  was  usually  pre- 
ceded by  a  display  of  his  secret  store  of  good  things. 
"Here,"  he  would  say,  "this  is  all  the  hospitality  I 
have  to  offer  1" 

His  present  position  was  peculiarly  congenial  to  him- 
self.   A  sailor  amongst  oailors,  he  was  in  his  element. 
It  was  a  pleasure  to  see  him  standing  on  the  drawing- 
room  balcony,  for  a  few  minutes  before  the  dinner-bell 
rang,  or  on  his  favorite  walk  along  the  sea-wall,  watch- 
ing through  his  spy-ghiss  a  vessel  coming  in  to  Spit- 
head,  or  following  the  graceful  movements  of  the 
yachts,  which,  in  the  summer,  enlivened  the  sparkling 
waters  of  the  Solent.    At  the  time  of  the  annual  Byde 
and  Cowes  regattas,  he  deUghted  to  organize  a  party 
of  his  children  and  guests  for  a  voyage  in  his  "yacht," 
as  he  playfully  called  one  of  the  sailing-vessels  belong- 
ing to  the  Clarence  Yard,  to  share  in  the  excitement  of 
the  gala  day.    To  all  who  were  present  at  such  ex- 
cursions these  were  golden,  hours.     These  nautical 
expsditions  were  sometimes  exchanged  for  a  pic-nio  to 
the  Isle  of  Wight.    The  spot  usuall/  selected  was  the 
"hmdslip"  near  Bonchuteh,  and  he  took  especial  plea- 
sure in  introducing  a  stranger  to  the  beautifhl  scenery 
of  that  locality. 

It  was  not,  however,  merely  to  the  partial  eyes  of 
his  own  home-circle  that  the  private  life  of  the  beloved 
head  of  the  femily  was  invested  with  such  a  peculiar 
charm.  The  officera  of  the  Hospital,  and  the  guests 
who,  fh)m  time  to  time,  mingled  in  the  happy  domestic 


,,uaM^>,K,,.etri,^^^iifMkAu»:'»mtaiAitMi^iikiiAMmMMm 


1^ 

m. 

E>-v, 


tM 


USUOIBS  OV 


party,  were  all  able  to  bear  witneM  of  the  atmo«phow 
of  unaffected  Ohriatian  love  and  oheerfkilnew  which  he 
ever  seemed  to  difPUae  around  him.  The  following 
letters  will  be  read  with  interest,  as  expressing  the  un- 
pression  left  on  the  minda  of  some  of  those  who  knew 
him  at  Ilaslar : 

Fromafrmd.  ' 

"I  know  not  how,  adequately,  to  ex- 
press' the  ioM  we  aU  sustained  in  the  termination  of  dear 
Sir  Edward's  service  at  Haslar.    I  have  often  wlAod  it 
might  be  among  the  possible  things  that  he  shou  d  have 
been  permitted  to  remain,  ho  seemed  so  emmently  fitted 
to  thrplaoe,  and  the  place  to  him.    Though  we  know 
that  no  one  man  Is  essential  to  any  one  work,  still,  most 
assuredly,  certain  men  are  permitted  to  be  greater  in- 
gtmments  of  good  In  some  situations  than  others,  and  it 
wemed  to  me  that  the  loving,  large  sympathy  with  all, 
whether  high  or  low,  who  came  within  the  mfluence  of 
my  valued  friend,  rendered  him  more  than  ordinwUy 
adapted  for  the  superintendence  of  a  sick  hospital.    Per- 
sonlily,  I  can  never  revert  to  that  period  without  very 
deep  emotion,  for  I  always  look  upon  his  residence  there 
as  a  most  wonderful  ordering  of  events,  as  fSur  as  I  was 

concerned.  , 

"I  have  the  whole  family  constantly  before  me,  and 
never  was  there  a  more  warm-hearted  or  united  house- 
hold  The  spirit,  of  the  head  pervaded  all  the  members, 
as  I  remember  some  visitor  once  remarked, « how  happy 
All  were  at  Haslar,'  and  he  •wondered  whether  It  were 
religion,  or  the  sea,  which  made  It  so  pleasant !  There 
was  all  the  good  ordering  of  •  the  service,'  but  without 
one  atom  of  the  •  Quarter-deck,'  as  we  may  wy.  I  have 
frequentlyjemarked  to  others,  that,  in  analyzing  the  how 


iniinrma 


'  the  atmospliore 
ftilneiB  which  he 
The  following 
cpreadng  the  im- 
those  who  knew 


adequately,  to  ex- 
irmination  of  dear 
re  often  wiahed  it 
Eit  he  dioald  have 
10  eminently  fitted 
Though  we  know 
le  work,  ttill,  mort 
to  be  greater  in- 
;han  others,  and  it 
sympathy  with  all, 
in  the  influence  of 
ire  than  ordinarily 
dok  hospital.    Per- 
«riod  without  very 
his  rendonce  there 
Qts,  as  fiur  as  I  was 

itly  before  me,  and 
id  or  united  house- 
}d  all  the  members, 
larked, 'how  happy 
•ed  whether  it  were 
> pleasant!'  There 
lervice,*  but  without 
e  may  say.  I  have 
in  analyidng  the  how 


BIB  W.  B.  PAKBT. 

ant?,  the  why  of  so  much,  and  so  many  things  being 
etfeoted,  and  that  no  one  duty  was  ever  sacrificed  to 
another,  I  mdnly  aooountod  for  it  in  the  fact,  that  there 
was  no  delay  in  the  performance  of  that  which  had  been 
determined  uppn  as  right  or  fittbig  to  do.  Whether  it 
were  but  the  fulfillment  of  a  promise  hi  sending  up  a 
packet  6f  sugar-plums  to  a  child  in  the  nursery,  or  the 
most  important  piece  of  buttness,it  was  done  or  provided 
for  on  the  instant. 

*'  I  believe  it  will  never  be  known  how  many  were 
comfbrted,  hi  the  extremity  of  pidn  and  weakness,  by  hit 
intercourse  and  his  prayers.  In  fiiot,  I  have  heard  him 
say  tliat  it  was  almost  more  than  he  could  bear,  to  be  so 
constantly  applied  to,  in  the  most  tryhig  hours  of  suf- 
fering, for  his  was  a  tender  tpttiiy  though  strong  in  the 
faith  which  is  alone  strength;  but  still  more  was  he 
tried,  at  Umes,  by  appeals  of  mental  agony,  never  fiiiUng 
to  testify  of  the  fullness  of  that  salvation  offered  for  all 
men.  He  did  not  cry  *  peace*  where  there  was  no 
peace,  yet  love,  in  its  most  extended  sense,  pervaded  his 
every  thought  and  act.  Few  in  their  generation  can 
better  say,  *  Lord,  thy  pound  has  guned  ten  pounds  I  *  I 
think  his  five  and  o-half  years  at  Haslar  was  not  among 
the  least  happy  or  satisfactory  periods  of  his  pilgrimage. 
Indeed,  I  have  heard  him  say :  *  What  can  a  man  wish  for 
more  I  "*      »:  ^.r'y, .  ■  y^-^i,/'.;i:-^  ■; -^    \_-.i,  «  -^ 

.;      IVom  a  medteai  officer  of  Hadar  Eotpital 

"A  great  advantage  in  Sir  Edward  Parry's  offioial 
character  was  his  easiness  of  access.  One  was  sure  of  a 
kind  reception,  an  attentive  hearing,  and,  if  the  request 
were  reasonable,  a  satii&ctory  reply;  but,  with  all  his 
gentleness,  and  urbanity  of  manner,  he  commanded  such 
respect,  that  no  man  was  ever  treated  by  inferiors  with 


1 

-     .' . 

■  I n      minniw 


296 


xBMOiM  or 


greater  deference.  Often  have  offioem  gone  to  him  with 
a  orotohet  of  doubtAil  advantage,  and  they  would  yield 
their  opinions  to  his  judgment.  One  whom  I  know  well, 
and  not  much  given  to  yielding,  uaed  to  tay  to  me : '  I 
would  not  have  given  ao  and  so  up  for  any  roan  but  Sir 
Edward  Parry  I'  I  teel  sure,  too,  that  a  culprit  brought 
to  receive  his  censure,  would  sooner  have  fkoed  any 
noted  Tartar  in  the  service. 

"Such  a  system  of  precept  and  example  did  not  fiUl  in 
yielding  fruit,  and  the  improvement  in  the  tone  of  morals 
among  certain  classes  employed  in  the  hospital  was  most 
maiufest.  Sir  Edward  was  not  content  with  mere  pr«- 
oept.  Only  show  him  how  good  was  to  be  done,  and  he 
was  sure  to  be  earnest  in  support  of  it,  both  by  his  piurse 
and  personal  exertions.  His  charity  seemed  unbounded. 
He  gave  so  liberally,  and  so  frequently,  in  a  place  where 
the  oalla  were  many,  that  his  example  stimulated  others, 
and.  shamed  into  giving  some  who  would  have  said  *  No  * 
to  an  application  for  aid.  One,  like  himseU|  a  liberal 
giver,  the  late  Dr.  Anderson,  often  and  often  has  said  to 
Hae :  **  I  am  ashamed  to  go  near  Sir  Edward  Parry  with  a 
tale  of  distress,  he  meets  my  wishes  so  readily,  -and  be- 
stows so  largely  I* '* 


ISrom  S^  Hwrry  Vtmtjh  JBaii. 


'%'::■■  t^' 


y  *^CIajfthn  ffouity  Sudu^  Mareh  13^  1859. 

**  It  was  during  the  latter  period  of  Sit  Edward  Plirry's 
lifb  that  I  knew  hfan  the  most  inthnately.  In  the  q>ring 
of  165?.  myboy  WM  appointed  to  the  *  "Vlotor.V  while 
waiting  for  orders  to  join  his  ship  in  the  Mediterranean, 
and  I  used  to  indulge  myself  by  runidng  down  to  Ports- 
mouth, as  frequently  as  my  Parliamentary  occupations 


^m  II  I   ■!  iiriiinin  ij  II 


"rw 


)  **•  '■ 


gone  to  him  with 
thoy  would  yiohl 
horn  I  knew  woll, 
to  say  to  me : '  I 
Any  roan  but  Sir 
a  culprit  brought 
have  fkood  any 

pie  did  not  fiiil  in 
be  tone  of  morala 
lospital  waa  moat 
it  with  mere  pr«- 
>  be  done,  and  he 
both  by  hia  piurae 
emed  unbounded. 
I  in  a  place  where 
itimolated  othera, 
d  have  aaid  *  No ' 
himaeUI  a  liberal 
often  haa  aaid  to 
rard  Parry  with  a 
0  readily,  -and  be- 


Bon. 


:•■  tx<*l  ■ 


Vanh  12, 1858. 

ir  Edward  Parry'a 
y.  In  the  q>ring 
\  ♦  "Victor,  V  while 
e  Mediterranean, 
ag  down  to  Porta- 
itary-  oooapationa 


aiB  w.  m,  rAHBT. 


tOY 


would  permit.    Ho  had  a  keen  sonae  of  the  dongora  and 
temptations  to  which  a  young  midahipraan  at  I'ortamouth 
ia  exposed,  and  his  house  aflbrdod  a  most  kindly,  cheer- 
ftil,  sheltering  home  to  any  who  had  the  happiness  of 
being  known  to  him.     It  wos  his  delight  to  see  officers 
of  the  sister  prefouions  sitting  round  his  ample  table, 
which  so  oaally  stretched  longer  and  longer  as  his  young 
naval  and  mUitary  iHends  dropped  in.    Ho  seemed  to 
think  that  ho  eould  never  have  too  many,  and  that  they 
could  never  oome  too  often,  and  his  conversation,  so  lively 
■and  animated,  so  Aill  of  point  and  aneodote,  was  very  at* 
tractive  to  all :  to  the  young  it  possessed  a  peculiar  charm, 
while  over  all  hia  intercourse,  and  in  his  deportment, 
there  was  the  unmistakable  impress  of  the  man  of  God. 
'*  But  it  ia  with  thoae  who  were  admitted  to  hia  Sunday 
evenbig  Bible  readinga  with  hia  invalid  sailors,  that  there 
will  remain  a  recollection  wfafajh  will  not  quickly  fade. 
Those  who  aaw  will  not  ea^y  forget  that  manly  form, 
and  earnest,  expressive,  handsome  countenance,  as  he 
read  the  word  of  Ood,  and  then  his  own  well-oonsidered, 
iuterestbg  comment,  many  a  aeaman  sitting  round  in 
calm  attention,  his  eyes  fixed  on  his  superior  officer,  who 
waa  urging  on  hia  attention  words  that  perhaps  he  had 
rarely  hewd,  and  never  attended  to,  dnoe  he  quitted  his 
mother's  cottage.    I  can  haridly  conceive  any  ocoanon 
more  likely  to  be  oaeflil  to  the  apiritual  interests  of  old 
and  young  than  those  services.    The  fine  countenances 
of  the  men,  many  of  them  reoovering  flrom  severe  sickness, 
their  eameat,  engrossed  attention,  the  admirable  prayer 
and  exporition  of  my  honored  fHend,  formed  altogether 
a  Boene  of  deepest  interest,  which  I  was  thankfUl  tahave 
the  opportouity  of  frequently  witnesiring,  and  which  I 
hoped  woold  be  indelibly  fixed  ip  Hm  memory  of  my 


M 


18* 


JsS.imJmuL'iDjMjinr  H)'.  IT'  fitr  f^r'i  i  ~'  -| — -—--■—-----  m^^mi  -  ntVftitmtni 'mut'Mm  nwtwrf^^yw 


■i  -^.Ma^JwJitfafWi-Mf  i>i,  i'rfiW)  aiiiitJilUfll^ 


r 


i"^\  ■* 
r  >. 


\'  — 


S98 


XKMOIU  OV 


From  the  Rev.  G.  R  L,  Ootton,  Matter  qf  Marlhofough 


OoUege. 


■,,!'■     JM' 


f»'lr!,: 


"Dk«  ColUgty  Mar&orouffh, 

""-"■  *«0o<.  e,  185A. 

^    ♦♦  Mt  Dbab  Pabbt  :  When  you  ezpreued  your  wUh 
that  I  Aould  contribute  a  letter  to  the  memoir  of  your 
fitther,  I  doubted,  at  flrrt,  whether  my  intimacy  with  him 
had  been  Buffloiently  dose  to  make  my  obiervfttlona  of 
any  value.    Yet,  on  coMlderatlon,  it  occurred  to  mo  thnt 
the  Impression  which  his  character  made  on  a  person  who 
had  not  known  him  tiU  it  was  matured  by  age  and  ex-* 
perienoe,  and  whose  connection  with  him,  though  conB- 
dential,  was  comparatively  limited,  might  be  of  service 
in  affordbg  a  trutWbl  and  impartial  picture  of  him. 
Therefore,  I  do  not  hesiUte  to  comply  with  your  wishes, 
and  the  more  so  as  I  welcome  any  opportunity  of  doing 
honor  to  the  memory  of  one,  for  whom  I  entertain  such 
•  deep  and  unfeigned  respect.    From  my  visits  to  Hamp- 
itead  and  Haslar  I  have  carried  away  a  very  dUtinct  re- 
ooUeotion  of  his  character  and  mode  of  life.     Tlie  most 
definite  Impresdon  which  I  retain  from  this  toteroourse 
with  him  Is,  that  he  was  not  only  a  true  and  devoted 
Christian,  but  a  most  rare  and  striking  example  of  a 
Christian  layman,  who  had  been  trataed  by  an  active  and 
hiborious  professional  career.    For  he  was  one  who,  hav- 
Uig  mixed  much  in  society,  travelled  much,  worked  hard, 
iinown  men  of  various  ranks  and  stations,  holdhig,  too,  a 
Moular  oflloe  of  considerable  Importance,  donstantiy  em- 
ployed In  the  detidls  of  practical  buRinese,  the  ftther  of  a 
brge  fiwnlly,  discharging  all  hb  duties  admirably  well, 
was,  at  the  same  time,  penetrated  ihrough  and  through 
by  a  lovfag  fidth  In  God,  and  a  conrtant  realintion  of  tiie 
teaoWng  of  the  New  Testament. 


."CHltli'ih''- "  --'-" — ■"— ■^'-'— 


^W^PfM^i  "  "lifllli  WP*w<iP^W>H 


■n«v«<«v<^«>i^nmn 


V-   <- 


Oct.  6, 186A. 
essed  your  wish 
memoir  of  your 
ktimaoy  with  him 
oburvatlona  of 
urred  to  mo  thnt 
on  a  person  who 
L  by  ago  and  ex'* 
m, though  oonft- 
ht  be  of  Mfviue 
picture  of  him. 
irith  your  wishea, 
irtnnity  of  doing 
I  entertain  auch 
ly  ririta  to  Hamp- 
k  very  distinct  re* 
Ufe.     Tl}6  most 
L  thia  interoonrse 
irae  and  devoted 
Dg  example  of  a 
1  by  an  active  and 
vaa  one  who,  hav- 
ich,  worked  hard, 
(IS,  holding,  too,  a 
oe,  Constantly  em- 
)S8,  the  &ther  of  a 
IS  adndrably  well, 
>ngh  and  through 
t  realiiadonofthe 


am  w.  K.  pAUnr. 


290 


*•  I  will  go  a  little  into  deull  to  illustrate  my  meaning. 
No  one  con  have  staid  with  him  at  Hampstead,  without 
remembering  the  exact  punctuality  with  which  he  loft, 
hiii  house  every  morning,  precisely  at  the  same  minute, 
to  go  down  to  his  business  at  the  Admiralty,  nor  at  Har 
lar,  without  admiring  the  perfect  order  which  prevailed 
in  the  Hospital,  and  his  fkmlliarity  with  its  inmates  and 
nil  its  arrangements,  and  with  every  detail  of  the  work 
done  in  the  various  departments  over  which  he  presided. 
His  neat  and  bold  handwriting  —  the  regularity  with 
which  every  letter  was  answered — the  care  with  which 
« every  important  document  was  preserved  and  copied,  and 
the  packets  of  paper  tied  together,  ticketed,  and  arranged, 
in  the  drawers  of  his  study  table,  were  sufficient  prooft 
of  his  orderly  habits.    I  remember  being  sometimes  even 
amused  at  the  almost  premature  leal,  with  which  packing 
and  other  needfhl  preUminariei  were  enforced,  when  any 
of  the  ftmily  were  going  to  leave  home — ^when  yon  and 
I,  for  instance,  took  our  short  tonr  in  the  Isle  of  Wight ; 
and  in  all  matters,  small  and  great,  his  arrangements 
were  such  that  every  thing  was  in  its  right  place,  and 
done  in  its  right  time.    On  the  other  hand,  there  was 
nothing  of  the  spirit  of  a  marthiet  about  Urn,  no  undue 
importance  attached  to  trifles,  but  a  simple,  clear-headed 
method  made  the  regularity  of  the  household  natural 
without  bebg  troublesome  or  oppresrive.    Indeed  no  one 
oonld  imagine  that  this  order  degenerated  into  a  vexa- 
tious discipline,  who  had  seen  your  fiither's  cheerftil  joy- 
ousness,  when  making  some  exoundon  in  a  boat,  or  on 
foot,  with  an  Ua  children  and  visitors  about  him ;  or,  still 
more,  when  he  predded  ever  the  pleasnres  of  a  Haslar 
evening.    SometimeB  he  would  employ  his  musioal  talents 
to  increase  these,  by  pteybg  on  the  violin,  or  singing 
lome  grand  aong  of  Handel's,  with  the  purest  taste  ond 


iiiiiwi^iiMia<i''tfW<iiii|>WMiig»w»*i»«»i«Wnii<«>i*i'iwi»ii*»i 


■1 


r" 


800 


IIKMOIM  OV 


deepest  feeling,  poaring  forth,  for  iutanoo,  in  hli  fine, 
olMr  voice,  the  ezqniaite  melodj  of  *  Lord,  remember 
David  I»  Or  agidn,  when  lome  lighter  or  more  general 
amofement  wae  required,  he  would  get  up  a  game  of 
*  bouU  rimia,*  or  some  other  ezeroiee  of  hia  gueeU*  abill- 
tiee,  or  perhapa  auperintend  the  ohildren'a  performance 
of  aohMade. 

"  But,  no  doubt,  the  moet  impreaaive,  and  the  moat 
oharocteriatic  aoene  at  HaaUr  waa  when,  on  a  Sunday 
evening,  he  aat  aurroundod  by  aailors,  inmatea  of  the 
Hoapital,  and  read  to  them  a  chapter,  generally,  I  think, 
of  the  Gospela,  with  a  few  worda  of  almple  explanation, 
and  enmeat  application.  And  thia  reoalla  me  to  the 
crowning  grace  and  glory  of  hta  character,  hia  devoted 
Christian  faith :  yet  I  am  unwilling  to  noUee  thia  aa  a 
separate  head  in  the  catalogue  of  bis  great  and  good 
qualitiea;  for,  indeed,  it  waa  not  aeparate,  but  rather 
pervaded  hia  whole  life,  tempering  by  gentleneas  hia 
llrmneaa  and  dooiaion,  anpportbg  all  that  he  did  by  earn- 
est principle,  and  ao- controlling  and  leavening  bia  ohee^ 
fhl  gayety,  that  it  became  devoted  Ohristiaa  kindneaa, 
ahowing  itaelf  in  the  effort  to  make  all  around  him  bi4>py, 
and,  at  the  aame  time,  to  preaerve  their  «q)oymeiit  firdm 
the  riighteat  tiUnt  of  evil.  The  aamo  atrildng  qnalitiec, 
wbiob  enabled  him  to  encourage  and  anitaln  hia  men 
amidst  the  rigora  of  an  Arctic  winter,  were  oompioaoua 
in  the  gentler  form,  natural  to  old  age,  when  he  appeared 
among  the  sdlora  at  Ebabur,  with  his  tall  oommandbig 
figure,  and  wide  fordiead,  and  white  hair,  aa  thrir  oom. 
rade,  their  chief;  their  helper,  their  Christian  friend;  "So 
doubt,  he  waa  atroogly  attached  to  one  particular  party 
in  tile  Church,  but  flrom  Ua  wid*  experienoe,  his  praetioal 
sense,  liia  large  and  generous  heart,  and,  not  least,  firm 
and  vigorous  haUta,  and  various  knowledge,  and  active 


■la  w.  M,  rAMiY. 


8A1 


tanoo,  la  his  flat, 
Lord,  remMaber 
or  more  gaoeral 
•t  up  »  gam*  of 
hia  guMU*  abill- 
*s  performaaoe 


re,  aad  the  moat 
hen,  on  a  Saaday 
■,  iamatea  of  the 
generally,  I  think, 
imple  explanation* 
reoalls  me  to  the 
aoter,  hie  deroted 
aotioe  this  ae  a 

great  aad  good 
tarate,  bat  rather 
by  gentleaoH  hia 
lat  he  did  by  earn* 
areaiag  his  oheeN 
3hriatiaa  UadneM, 
ironad  him  hi^py, 
lir  e^foyment  flfdb 

Mrildng  qnaliUeC, 
1  Boitafo  hia  mea 
were  ooaqiioaoai 
whea  he  appeared 

tali  oommaadiag 
lair,  as  their  ooni* 
■latlaa  Mead;  No 
epartletdar  party 
ieaoe,  hia  praetiod 
lad,  Bot  least,  Arm 
rledfe,aud  active 


dealiaga  with  mea,  which  form  the  education  of  a  tailor, 
he  was  truly  catholic  hi  his  Ioyc  for  Christian  goodneM, 
aad  always  ready  to  appreciate  aad  rovsrenoo  sincere  auti 
practical  work,  heartily  done  for  Ood's  glory.  There 
were  few  for  whom  he  had  a  deeper  rospoot  than  for 
Arnold,  aad  I  do  aot  remember  ever  to  havo  hoard  tVum 
him  any  of  those  depreciating  remarks  and  quostionlngH, 
which  some  men  arc  apt  to  express,  when  discussing  the 
character  and  work  of  any  one  whose  religious  convic- 
tions are  aot  formed  on  precisely  the  same  model  as  their 
own«   ;      .      1 . ,  •    • .   • 

"Let  ne  tdd  one  word  in  coaoluslon,  on  hia  love  and 
car<o  for  his  children,  as  shown  during  your  educatior.  at 
Rugby.  Hi^pUy  your  career  there  was,  in  ail  respects, 
so  prosperous,  that  I  remember  no  occasion  oa  which 
•ay  doubt  or  diiBonlty  arose.  But  I  shall  aot  sooa  for- 
get his  warm  aaxlety  for  your  highest  welfkre,  and  the 
good  practical  sense  whlo^  he  showed  b  every  convor- 
iatioB,  aad  every  letter  about  you.  While  he  keenly 
sympatUaed  b  all  your  school  trials,  and  r^oiced  greatly 
in  year  school  suteessea,  there  was  aothlag  so  near  to  his 
heart  as  the  deaira  that  you  should  grow  np  to  be  an 
eameak  Ohriitian  num,  and,  especially,  a  foithftd  aad  de- 
voted mlaistar  of  tha  Oharoh  of  Eai^d.  After  I  had 
left  Rogby,  and  become  Master  of  this  College,  he  wrote 
to  DM  oa  the  ooeadon  of  your  ordiaatioa,  beggbg  that 
I  woold  not  foifet  to  pray  for  Ood's  blessing  oo  my  old 
pupU,  at  so  solemn  a  oiiali>  of  hia  Ufo.  This  was  the  last 
letter  which  I  aver  received  from  him. 

**  Wa  oaa  form  ao  better  wish  for  Eaghmd  thaa  that 
Qod  should  raise  up,  amongst  her  people,  a  devoted  baad 
of  man  like  Um— of  hiymea,  who  briag  to  tha  service  of 
ChriBt*a  Ohwroh  aot  only  the  precious  offeriag  of,  seal, 
devotion,  aad  aelf^aorlfloe,  but  the  practical  wisdom 


■  * '-^i*'  frri    1 11 1 


001 


MBiioiM  or 


which  bM  bMn  Ibrmod  by  htcnoarM  with  men,  Mid  by 
A  wid«  •zp«ri«no«  of  lift.  W«  then  ■hall  have  no  rcMon 
to  (bar  ihoaa  taotlanoiea  of  this  aga  which  many  Rootl 
men  regard  with  aaaploion ;  for  oar  dvllliatlon  will  ho 
no  l«aa  raflncd  tbari  Chriatianiaad,  our  oomnioroial  ■plrit 
will  not  daganarata  into  aatflidinaMK  and,  In  the  midst  of 
all  oar  improvamanta,  material  and  aoolal,  we  ihall  deaire 
aboTa  all  things  that  the  fear  of  Ood  may  penetrate  our 
goTammant,  our  fiunlly  life,  and  our  edaoation.  Believe 
me,  my  dear  Parry,  ,^ 

**  Ever  affectionately  yoora, 
t  "r^<^    i  "O.  K-  ^'  OoTroir.»' 


>.■.-*,■  *i 


tfrfV- 


At  OM  time,  it  bad  MtHMd  likely  that  the  rapidly 
ooooning  raoanoiea  in  the  liat  of  admirali  would, 
by  bringing  Sir  Bdward  to  hia  flag,  oblige  bim  to 
vaoate  bia  poet  of  Captain-Superintendent  before  the 
Ave  yean  of  hia  appointmefit  were  out:  but,  towards 
the  oloae  of  the  time,  theae  vaoancios  ooourred  ao  ael- 
dom,  that,  when  the  Deoember  of  1861  come,  hie  waa 
atlU  a  captain.  Under  theae  oiroumstanoea,.  he  waa 
parmitted  by  the  Admiralty  to  prolong  hia  preaent 
ooDunand,  until  he  reached  the  rank  of  admiral.  At 
length,  in  May,  1863,  liia  name  atood  at  the  head  of 
the  liat  of  poat  captaina,  ao  that  he  waa  now,  to  uae 
hia  own  expreaaion,  "at  aingle  anchor,"  and,  a  few 
weeka  latter,  tho  announcement  of  another  death 
among  the  admirab  atrudk  the  final  aummona  for  bim 
tp  leftTe  hia  happy  Haalar  home.  Within  the  alx 
weeka  Allowed  for  removal,  the  laat  wagon  load  of 
fyimitora  left  the  houae ;  and  on  the  20th  of  July,  Sir 
Edward  and  Lady  FiaiTy,  who  alone  of  the  Hunily  had 
TCnainad  to  the  laat,  drore  away  amidat  the  team  and 


ii<ii»iriiiiiiilHi  imwMtf 


■HMtM 


MM* 


•ni  w. 


rAWIT. 


with  men,  and  hj 
All  have  no  rvHon 
(rhioh  many  rchmI 
dvllliation  will  h« 
comniprcial  apirit 
d,  in  the  midit  of 
iai,  we  ahall  denire 
may  penetrate  our 
laoation.    Believe 

r  yonn, 
K.  L.  Oorroy.** 

tUt  the  rapidly 

•dmtrali  would, 
g,  oblige  btm  to 
mdent  before  the 
out:  but,  towarda 
I  ooourred  ao  aeU 
861  come,  his  waa 
matanoea,.  he  waa 
along  hia  preaent 
t  of  admiral.  At 
d  at  the  head  of 
»  waa  now,  to  uae 
)hor,"  and,  a  few 
>f  another  death 
■ommona  for  him 

Within  the  aix 
It  wagon  load  of 
2eth  of  Julj,  Sir 

of  the  flunily  had 
idat  the  team  and 


nnfUgned  regwt*  of  thoae,  to  whom,  during  th«lr 
■qjoura  at  naalar,  they  hod  become  dcaervedly  on- 

deared. 

Sir  E.  Parry  to  Am  Son, 


^Uat 


I .    Not  -Baaing  Park, 

"Mt  tmy  DnA»  E :  The  girla  have  given  yon  an 

aooount  of  our  proceeding!  at  Haalar  up  to  their  dffpar- 
turo  thonoe  on  Tuowlay.    A«  loon  a*  I  had  teen  thoni  off 
at  the  ttation,  we  went  the  whole  round  of  T.  T.  L. 
viidta  in  the  Uoepital,  and  I  need  not  lay  it  waa  ft  bltlor 
pUl  to  awftllow.    On  Wedne^iay  wo  had  a  mo«t  labori- 
oua  day.  In  winding  up  our  packing,  paying  WlIi,  etc. ; 
beildee  which,  mamma  road  at  the  waah-houw,  and  took 
leave  of  her  twenty-three  poor  waaherwomen,  amidrt 
their  teara  and  bleaalnga.    She  alM  made  aU  her  fkre- 
weU  calla  on  the  varioua  lunUiea  of  Inferior  rank  in  the 
Hospital  i  ao  that  we  went  to  bed  abnort  knocked  up, 
but,  a  good  night  being  merolfhUy  given  ua,  we  row  at 
half-past  Ave  yesterday— completed  more  last  •  arrange- 
menta,»  paid  many  fiurewoll  vWts,  and  quietly  dined  to- 
gether at  balfrpaat  one.    All  the  Rlchardsons  came  and 
spent  the  last  hour  with  us.    At  length,  we  got  Into  the 
pony-chidr,  all  the  Terrace  coming  to  (he  door  to  say  the 
iMt  •  good-by,*  and  off  we  drove  to  the  sUtlon.    Never, 
I  belleVe,  did  people  part  with  more  skoere  regret,  and 
jon  will  not  wonder  that  we  felt  It  a  relief,  when,  at 
length,  the  trafai  was  fai  motion  for  Fareham  I    To  God 
be  all  the  pn^  for  innumerable  mercies,  received  in 
that  dte  place  I    To  Him  be  all  the  glory  for  atiy  good 
He  has  permitted  and  enabled  us  to  accomplish  there  I 
From  Him  may  we  receive,  for  His  dear  8on»s  sake, 
pardon  for  aU  oar  omissions  and  short-oombiga,  sina,  neg' 
Ugenoea,  and  Ignorancoa.**  •        .  ^, 


*-» 


IfMlltMM  09,^ 


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OHAPTBR  Xm. 

•ommtr  •!  KmwJoIi- nuhop'i  Wdlham-«|»«th  %\  Lyniv-B«no< 
TimlmoiiUiU-OMonwUili-Uctura  »l  Houthwn|)U)i»-Illn<'i«^V(V 
agt  !•  »oM«rt«n,  asd  up  lh«  Hhln*— Kmt-Dwtlh-Oom'luiton.     , 

'.  n/    .^  '•     1862—1866.  '  '■'"  ■'";' 

DUBiita   th«  autumn  of  the  yew  in  which  Sir 
EdwMd  left  UmIw,  h«  upent  «  few  wecki  with  hl« 
fiimily  at  Kowriok,  in  Cumberland,  where  he  derived 
much  enjoyment  from  thia  hia  flmt  acquaintance  with 
the  beautiftil  aoenery  of  the  EnglUh  lakea.    At  the 
annual  fisaat  of  the  chUdren  of  St  John'a  ichoola,  he 
iuggeated  a  boat  exourtion  on  the  lake,  aa  an  addition 
to  the  uaual  amuaementi  of  the  day;  and,  himaelf 
embarking  with   the  reat,  led  the  prooeaaion  ftom 
Keawick  to  Barrow;  "thua,"  to  uae  hU  own  worda, 
"hoiating  hia  admiral's  flag  for  the  flrat  time  on  Der- 
wentwaterl"    "The  anniveraaiy  of  our  aohool-fcaat," 
writea  the  Rer.  T.  D.  H.  Batteraby,  "alwaya  carriea 
bafdk  my  thoughto  to  ihe  time  when  dear  Sir  Bdward 
hoiated  hia  flag  in  my  little  boat,  on  the  flrat  of  tbeae 
happy  oceaaiona.    It  waa  he  who  gave  ua  the  fliat 
impiUae,  and  we  have  kept  them  up  ever  amoe.    I 
mnember.  as  well  aa  if  it  were  yesterday,  hia  addrcas 


ft^iiiififmmiiiiiitiiiiMwuw* 


i^tmm 


nMjiWmi., 


•iM  w.  ■.  fku»y. 


wio 


eoh  kl  Lynn— Miol 
inplmi— Illiic«»~Vojr' 
)Mlh— Oowluilon. 


».<n 


tf  in  which  Str 
r  wecka  with  hi* 
fhero  he  derived 
tcquaintenoe  with 
h  lakei.  At  the 
rohn'i  ■ohools,  he 
ce,  M  Ml  ftdditioa 
ly;  andf  hiroielf 
prooewion  from 

0  his  own  wonlB, 
firat  time  on  Dor- 
our  Mchool-fcait," 
', "  elweyi  oarrias 

1  deer  Sir  Kdwurd 
a  the  flnt  of  thflM 
gave  OS  the  flitt 
ap  ever  iinoe.  I 
erday,  hia  addrcai 


to  the  ohildiTO  on  the  terrace  in  Aront  of  Barruw 
Ilouae,  and  many  of  tliem,  I  doubt  not,  r«oolloct  it 

too." 

Towanln  the  clow  of  the  •anie  year,  he  went  ti>  re- 
aide  at  N..rthbr«K.k  H.)U«o,  Binhop'i.  Waltharn,  IlanU.. 
To  one,  whoae  whole  life  ha.l  l)0«m  upcnt  in  uct.vo 
employment,  the  entire  l«Uuro  h«  now  .•njoy«'«l  wm 
BcMucthing  totally  new.     He  folt,  itulcoa,  U.  i«o  h«- 
own  f^uont  oxpr««iion,  "that  there  wiw  plenty  of 
work  in  him  yet;"  but  he  waa,  ot  the  name  tnno,  well 
content  to  leave  hia  Aituro  yrmyvait  in  better  lmnd»>. 
It  wan  not  in  hia  nature  to  be  idle,  even  In  rotirumcnt, 
and  now  in  hU  own  reaouroea  he  found  ample  occupa- 
tion,   lie  took  an  activo  intereat  in  minintermg  to  tlie 
QcocMitiea  of  tho  poor  around  him;  and  the  lUxtoi, 
th«  VUw.  W.  Brock,  found  in  him,  aa  tho  following 
teatimony  wiU  ahow,  a  ready  aupportcr  in  all  hia  plun* 
for  promoting  the  apiritual  aa  weU  aa  the  temporal  " 
wel&re  of  the  pariah. 

"I  ibaU  ever  look  back  on  the  year  that  Sir  Edward 
Parry  ipent  amongrt  ua  aa  the  happleit  of  my  mlnlitry. 
Ha  iwaya  leemad  to  me  to  leave  the  Improwdon,  whilrt 
he  waa  here,  of  one  who  had  been  communing  with  God, 
to  that  *hia  Ikoe  whone  while  he  talked  with  un,'  and  hia 
very  eoontwiance  waa  oftentlmca  o  sermon.    He  looked, 
M  he  waa,  a  thoroughly  happy  Christian,  and  he  oortolnly 
„»i^,othara  happy  aromidhUn.   What  alao  atrnek  me  In 
bla  Ohrtatianltywaa  the  remarkable  combination  it  ex- 
hiUted  of  manUneaa  and  ahnpUolty.  It  came  up  exactly  to 
tha  rwioirementa  of  the  apoatolio  r dmonltion :  'Brethren, 
be  not  ohlldren  hi  underatandteg,  howbelt,  in  malice  be 
ye  ehUdren,  but  hi  undenrtandtog  be  men  I  •    There  waa 


_,__  ,,„  iiit'Wlliiil'MiMiin*' 


J 


r 


M6 


lOMOIIt  OV 


,^- 


•U  tho  wiidom  Mid  th«  ooontg*  of  th«  miui,  whilst 
thwre  WM  alio  th«  dooiUtjr,  th«  gcntlenMi,  Mid  the  hami< 
litj  of  the  IttUe  ohlld.  I  ouinot  bat  eonrider  it  to  htive 
been  »  great  privilege  Mid  reqioneibUitj,  for  whieh  we, 
in  thia  pMritk,  will  have  to  give  an  aoooont,  that  auoh  m . 
example  tf  genuine  and  praetieal  Ohriatianitjr  should 
have  U>«n  brooght  before  os,  as  that  whioh  his  life  and 
oharaoter  presented.  Many  will  yet  rise  ap  to  call  thb 
foithfVil  servant  of  God  bleMed,  beoaose  they  reaped  the 
fruit  of  his  *work  of  foith,  and  labor  of  Iots.* 

**The  first  oooasion  of  his  appearing  among«t  us  in 
publio  was  when  he  took  the  lead  at  our  annual  meeting 
for  the  Irish  Ohureh  Missions.  I  shall  never  forget  that 
evening.  What  a  thrill  of  thaakflil  emotion  gladdened 
our  hearta,  as  we  listened  to  what  I  remember  he  oallod 
his  *Oonfosslon  of  fhith*  to  the  people  whom  he  ad- 
dressed so  eloquently  and  so  aflboUonately  1  It  was  no 
*  uaoertain  sound*  whioh  that  inaugural  speeoh,  if  I  may 
so  eall  it,  oonveyed  to  us.  There  eould  be  no  mistaking 
it.  The  gallant  qteaker  was  not  ashamed  of  Christ  and 
of  W»  words,  and  he  manftdly  unfolded  his  oolors  before 
us,  as  a  foithM  aoMier  and  servant  of  Hb  Lord.  He 
then  atraok,  so  to  apeak,  the  key-note  wUeh  was  to 
ivgulata  the  tone  of  kts  fotnie  reridenee  in  thb  parish. 
Kobl^  did  he  take  Ua  atand^in  the  midst  of  his  ftUow. 
paikhkmen,  tm  the  side  of  thai  Heavenly  Captain 
whoae  name  md  word  ho  doUghted  to  honor;  while  ho 
jmH  a  fine  example  to  laymen,  hi  his  posMen,  of  what  he 
oonridered  to  be  their  duty  and  HMr  priirilege,  namely,- 
to  be  teboren  together  with  God,  and  16  be  hdpers  of 
tiieir  pastor's  Joy,  by  serving  with  him  in  Ae  Gospel. 
This,  indeed,  wmi  his  oonstant  praetlee,  during  the  whole 
time  he  aq{oamed  amongst  na.  ffis  visits  nf  mer^y  and 
words  of  love  are  nol  forgotten.   It  was  only  the  other 


MMtMHUM 


MMMMMM 


MM 


'jr 


the  ra«a,  whilac 

Mid  the  hami* 

ider  it  to  have 

Itj,  for  which  we, 

•OBt,  thet  euoh  iin . 

Ihrktiuiitf  ihould 

whioh  hie  life  and 
op  to  call  this 

e  they  reaped  the 

Plore.' 

og  emongrit  us  in 
If  Minual  meeting 

never  fbrget  that 
motion  gladdened 
member  he  oallod 
>|de  whom  be  ad> 
Ateljl    ItwaiBo 
il  ipeeoh,  if  I  may 
dbeao  miitaking 
Bed  of  Obriat  and 
d  bli  oolon  before 
>f  Hb  Ldrd.    He 
ote  wbioh  wm  to 
■M  la  tbk  pw4sh. 
Ubt  of  hk  Allow, 
ieaveoly  0$ftuia 
BkoHor;  while  be 
rilioB,  of  what  be 
ptMbga,  aamelyv- 
I M  be  hdpere  of 
B  i»  the  Gotpel. 
daring  the  whole 
liti  <rfmer«)raBd 
M  only  the  other 


am  w.  ■.  PABST. 


807 


day,  that,  in  two  or  three  of  the  abodes  of  aiolmefle  and 
infirmity  which  he  ao  constantly  visited,  I  heard  the 
hearty  exclamations,  when  his  name  was  mentioned — 
'  blessed  man  * — *  beantiftd  words  he  used  to  say  to  us,* 
and  the  like.  He  lives  in  the  memory  of  the  poor,  and 
well  be  may,  for  he  was,  indeed,  the  friend  of  the  poor. 
How  well  he  knew  them!  How  naturally  he  entered 
into  their  little  world!  How  deep,  how  affectionate, 
bow  minnte,  were  bis  fellowship  and  sympathy  with  the 
trials  of  the  poor  man's  life,  and  with  the  joys  and  sor- 
rows of  bis  heart  I 

''Our  school  festival  for  the  year  1853  was,  perhaps, 
the  happiest  and  liveliest  we  ever  had,  and  biH  presence 
and  activity,  on  that  occasion,  gave  an  impulse  and  a 
buoyancy  to  our  juvenile  amusements,  which  will  not  be 
speedily  forgotten.  He  was,  indeed,  our  leader  on  that 
parochial  *  fieldrday,'  and,  by  tbe^mimated  interest  wbioh 
be  took  in  the  i^rta  and  eqjoymenta  of  the  children,  and 
in  the  dispersion  of  the  prises  which  his  liberality  had 
provided,  be  endeared  himself  as  much  to  the  little  ones 
of  the  parish,  aa  lie  had  already  done  to  so  many  of  their 

parenti.    *  IIow  jodioioaaly,'  says  Mr.  8 ^  our  valued 

schoolmaster  at  the  tune,  'be  arrBnged  the  amusements, 
so  that  not  a  umneBt  was  unoceui^ed  I  Sometimes,  be 
was  to  be  seoi  tying  five  ori^  stordy  boys  in  sacks  for 
B  iBoe,  and  then,  engaging  in  b  game  of  trap-baU  with 
some  of  the  smaller  ones.  Here  be  migbt  be,  one 
aihiBtB,  nqperintendbg  the  guria  at  the  swing,  and  there, 
a  miante  afker,  throwing  sweetmeats  amongst  the  little 
onea,  bis  benev<rient  features  qMurkUng  with  pleasure,  as 
be  watched  them  sorambling  for  a  share.*  Mr.  %-- — 
also  mentioned  to  me  an  inddent,  connected  with  his 
energy  of  character,  which,  he  says,  tanf^t  him  a 
valoBUe  lessen  on  the  neeeiMity  of  bdng  diligent  in 


m'k:iMii:iiiX.iL:-kt<i!. 


/  -V-* 


•Si 


r 


808 


IIKMOIRB  or 


doing  our  MaiteWs  work,  without  being  oaptioiw  as  to 
the  exact  way  of  iU  performaqce,  or  waiting  till  every 
apparent  difficulty  was  removed.  'It  waa  one  evening, 
loon  after  the  eetebliahment  of  our  aohool  for  adults,  and 
before  its  organiaatlon  waa  quite  complete,  when  tbo 
teaohera  were  gathered  into  a  Uttle  knot,  discusung  this 
or  that  phm  aa  the  beat  to  be  pursued,  that  Sir  Edward, 
after  listening  for  some  time,  said,  in  his  own  energetic 
yet  kind  manner :  *  Well,  it*s  no  use  standing  here  all 
night,  dohig  nothing!  Let  ua  begin,  at  any  rate,  and  do 
aometMngi '  Then,  speaking  to  two  or  three  men  with 
BiUea  in  their  hands,  *  Oome  here,  my  men,  and  let  me 
hear  you  read  a  chapter  1'  and  he  took  a  seat  on  the 
nearest  stool,  while  the  men  stood  around  him,  and  com- 
menced reading.  The  other  teaohera  at  once  followed 
hia  example,  and  the  achbol  waa  formed  into  classes.  I 
have  always  thought  this  little  circumstance  a  aort  cf 
eiritome  of  his  life.  He  waa  not  only  willing  to  do  His 
Heavenly  Father's  will,  bat  to  do  it  *  while  it  is  called 
to-day.*  'r, ...-.-.  ;■..,;'.■=•- /\ 

**Gkdly  would  I  Unger  on  aoenea,  the  memories  of 
which  are  so  *  good  and  pleasant*  to  dwell  upon.  Though 
the  retroapeot  has  not  been  without  ita  punftdness,  m 
having  brought  so  vividly  before  me  the  sad  blank  left 
in  the  parish  by  hia  removal  from  us,  yet  the  brightness 
of  Us  path  waa  raoh,  that  it  ia  quite  imposdble  to  look 
back  upon  it  without  profit  and  without  pndse.  As  the 
sinister  of  the  parish  in  tdikb  he  tpeat  one  year  of  his 
oaeftd  Ufe,  I  feel  how  deep  have  been  tny  obHgationr  to 
him,  and  how  aadred  has  been  the  privflege  to  have  ,had 
among  us  one  who  was  so  dear  to  Christ,  who  walked 
fllosely  with  God,  and  whose  talents,  high  station,  and 
example,  were  all  ao  evidently  oonMorited  to  SBs  Be^ 
vice!" 


(SiiiiMii'iiMtilwiiolSiii 


BAMiiiiMauWaiRii 


mKiipifiii*!*^""'" 


•TT" 


•  V' 


gin  W.  B.  PABBT. 


300 


}eing  captioua  as  to 
>r  waiting  till  every 

It  WM  oneerening, 
whool  for  adults,  and 
oomplete,  whon  tbo 
knot,  disousung  this 
d,  that  Sir  Edward, 
in  his  own  energetic 
le  standing  here  all 
^  at  any  rate,  and  do 
0  or  three  men  with 
mj  men,  and  let  me 

took  a  seat  on  the 
ronnd  him,  and  com- 
BTS  at  onoe  followed 
nhed  into  classes.  I 
camstance  a  sort  of 
1I7  willing  to  do  His 
it  « while  it  is  called 

es,  the  memories  of 
)  dwell  npon.  Though 
Bt  its  punfidness,  as 
ne  the  sad  blank  left 
0,  yet  the  brightness 
te  imposdble  to  look 
,hoat  pndse.  As  the 
QMnt  one  year  of  Us 
ten  kny  obHgationrto 
priTflege  to  have  ,had 
i>  Christ,  who  walked 
nts,  YAj^  station,  and 
oaeenited  to  SBs  leb 


In  tbe  spring  of  1868,  Sir  Edward  wm  called  to 
attend  the  death-bed  of  hia  valued  friend  Dr.  Ander- 
Bon,  of  Haslar  Hospital. 

"I  wish,"  he  wrote  to  his  saUor  sonin  thePaciao,  "yon 
could  have  witnessed,  as  it  was  my  pri-"«8«/°  ^^^"l 
X  confidence  in  the  prospect  of  departure,  fonndedon 
S.  habitual  trust  in  th'e  mercy  of  «o^/^<»«8^  Oh^ 
Jesus.    Ho  said  to  me,  only  a  few  hours  befo^he  died. 

a  ha^e  nothing  to  do^it  is  dl  done  for  me--Ch™^ 
work  is  a  finished  work,  and  in  Him  is  my  trust  I'  Pre- 
cious assurance  of  feith,  when  based  upon  such  a  founda- 
tion.  even  upon  the  Book  of  agesl" 

The  year  of  hia  r«ddenoe  at  Biahop's  Waltliam  wm 
marked  by  an  event,  to  him  of  no  o'dinaiy  mtwert. 
In  the  Bummer  of  1868,  the  inteHigenoe  reached  Eng- 
land  of  the  discorery  of  the  North-Wert  P«««f  ^7 
Captain,  now  Sir  K.  M'Clure.  lieut.  Cre«well,  the 
bewer  of  these  important  dispatehee,  waa  the  aon  of 
one  of  hia  oldeat  friends,  and  he  felt  it  a  Bonroe  of  no 
small  pleasure  and  thankfWnesB,  to  be  able  to  hear  the 

^cSTof  thevoyageof  &e  "Investigator"  fW,m  the 
UpTof  one,for  wboae  personal  safety  te  bad  been  not  a 
uSeanxtoua.  Shortty  after  hia  return.  Lieut  OressweU 
Sle  down  to  Norttibrook,  and  it  may  ^J^^ 
^  what  intense  eagemesB  every  word  of  hisaooount 
I«  ^ved  by  a?  Edward,  and  the  '^^jf 
XS^  pointid  out  to  his  femily.  on  the  chart,  Uie 
^Ttion  of  Mercy  Bay.  where  tbe  » Ipveatigator^s^dl 
dined  hopele«ly  entangled  in  the  «»^^.^f  ^J 
tight  of  Oape  Providence,  the  farthest  weirta^bmit  of 
.  h£  own  di««veries.    "Myold  quartera  at  MelYdle 


:i 


__i_mjj^/ji,BiHii  ii»-t'*'*-''^"^-T*—'-" 


810 


MmoiM  or 


Island,"  he  mnarked,  "  have  now  beoome  quite  olaHic 
ground  t "  In  October  he  had  the  gratifloation  of  at- 
tending a  meeting  in  the  Town-ball  of  Lynn,  in  honor 
of  the  lafb  and  suoseaBftil  return  of  his  young  friend. 
It  had  been  intended  that  no  one  except  Lieut  Oreaa- ' 
well  should  have  spoken  on  this  oooasion,  but,  at  the 
oondnsion  of  his  speech,  Sir  Edward  was  universally 
called  upon  to  oddhess  the  meeting.  ,^^ 

**  It  ii  now  twent7:eight  years,**  he  sdd,  as  he  rose  to 
comply  with  the  call,  **  (dnoe  I  had  the  honor  of  reoeiving 
withb  these  walls  the  freedom  of  the  andent  borough  of 
Lynn.    I  can  truly  say  that,  flrom  that  moment  to  this,  I 
have  never  witnessed  sny  oocaidon  which  has  given  roe 
higher  delight  and  gratifloatioii.    Ton  see  before  you  to- 
day about  the  oldest,  and  about  the  youngest  of  Arotio 
navigators,  and  I  do  assure,  you,  from  my  heart,  that  the 
ftelings  of  the  old  Arctic  navigator  are  those  of  the  most 
intense  gratification  he  ever  experienced  in  the  course  of 
his  life.   I  rejoice  to  be  here  to  meet  and  suj^rt  my  dear 
young  friend,  as  my  feUow-townsman,  for  so  I  may  call 
him,  bebg  myself  a  fireeman  of  your  borough.'  I  came 
200  miles,  and  would  wUHngly  have  oome  SOOO  to  be  pre- 
sent  this  day  I    How  little  I  thought,  when  I  stood  on 
the  western  shore  of  Melville  Island,  and  jQsoovered 
Banks*  Land  hi  the  distanoe,  that,  hi  the  course  of  time, 
there  would  oome  another  sUp  the  other  way  to  meet  me; 
^and  to  be  anchored  hi  the  Bay  of  Meroy  1    But  while  we 
are  r^oidng  over  the  return  of  our  fHend^  and  anticipate 
hig  the  triumph  that  is  awaiting  his  compUiions,  we  can 
not  but  turn  to  that  which  is  not  a  matter  of  rcijoidng, 
but  rather  of  deep  sorrow  and  regret,  that  there  has  not 
been  found  a  single  token  of  our  dear  long-lost  FranUb, 
and  liU  companions.      •" 


MUMMMMIMMaiMilMl 


'  .11  H.UW"  .111,1  ! 


ome  quite  olaHio 
^tiflontionofat- 
f  Lynn,  in  honor 
hiB  young  friend, 
sept  Lieut.  Oreu- ' 
udon,  but,  at  the 
1  WM  univenolly 

idd,  M  he  rose  to 
honor  of  reoeiring 
ndent  borough  of 
moment  to  thia,  I 
dch  has  given  roe 
aee  before  yon  to- 
onngeat  of  Arotio 
my  heart,  that  the 
)  those  of  the  most 
>d  in  the  course  of 
d  support  my  dear 
,  for  so  I  may  call 
borough.    I  oame 
me  SOOO  to  be  pre- 
,  irhen  I  stood  on 
3,  and  ^Usoorered 
he  ooune  of  time, 
»rwaytomeetm«^ 
jyl    But  while  we 
[en^  and  antloipat^ 
omj^ons,  we  can 
latter  of  rcijoidng, 
that  there  has  not 
long-loat  FraaUb, 


MB  W.  a.  FABBT. 


'rj^^fummmmr^'^m^'^T'^ 


nu 


"  My  dear  friend  FranlilUi  was  sixty  years  old  when  ho 
loft  thU  comitry,  and  I  shall  never  forget  the  wal,  the  jU- 
ml  youthful  enthusiasm,  with  which  »»«  r^jt""!^: 
Mpeiuon.   Lord  Haddington,  who  was  then  1^»}J^2 
of  ^Admiralty,  sent  for  me,  a.id  said :  I  *-^^y^^« 
at  the  lirt,  that  Franklin  is  sUty  years  o\d.   Do  you  think 
that  we  ought  to  let  him  go  ? '    I  «id : '  He  is  a  fitter 
^  ^go  than  any  I  know ;  and  if  you  don't  lot  him  go 
the  maTwiU  die  of  di«ippointment  I  •    He  did  go,  and 
h-nW  been  gone  eight  years.    In  the  whole  course  of 
m  UfC  I  havfnever  known  a  man  like  F«nkUn.    I  do 
not  say  it  because  we  believe  him  to  be  dead,  on  the  priu. 
Tie  imor*u<.ntf«W»o«.im.b«tbecam«Inever  knew 

aSlTiawhom  different  qualiUes  were  so  remwjab^ 
JomwLed.  With  aU  the  tenderness  of  heart  of  a  rimple 
Ld.  there  was  .11  the  greatness  and  n^lP^^^tJ^  • 
^  It  la  told  of  him,  that  U  would  not  «ven  Wl  a 
^nlto  that  was  stinging  him,  «d,  whether  that  be 
STor  not,  it  is  a  true  type  of  t|»e  tenderness  of  that 
man's  heart;  But  I  will  not  detain  you  longer.  I  hope 
Z^X^on  the  loquacity  of  an  old,  old  ^tic  v^y- 

C  I  Wt  «.y  that,  wh«»  I  hear  tho«3  i^^-  J  »r« 
S«^  thla  m<mdng,  and  read  of  the  way  to  which  the  tast 

SSof  th.  NortlJwert  IWge  has  been  di««ve^d-. 
that  to  which  I  devoted  the  best  year,  of  my  life-It  r^ 
iSSle.  in  my  bowm  all  the  ai4or  of  enterprhw,  ay,  and 

mooh  of  tha  vigor  of  youth  I » 

A  few  weAi  l««er,  he  iraa  oiaied  up  to  attend  a  meet. 
ingiaLoS^in orfer  to  ««cmd a reaolution moved 
l^^lSToral-m.  then  First  W  of  the  ^^^■ 
rity,  for  the  p«p<-eof  erecting  a  t«tm«»m^  to  *e 
tne^W  of  .the  gallant  young  F""'*"^  ^•^^^• 
S^S  U  hi.  Ufe,  on  the  Bhorea  of  WeUun^n  (^ 


■I 


iMiNilNMiM 


r 


SIS 


MKUUIttM  OV 


nel,  in  the  praoeding  iummer.  The  mraiorial,  *  tlmple 
obelisk  of  granite  bearing  the  name  of  Bellot,  waa  after- 
wards placed  dose  to  the  water's  nde  in  front  of  Oreen- 
wich  Hospital,  a  fitting  site  for  this  record  of  one,  who, 
though  a  foreigner,  had  nobly  volunteered  to  aid  in  the 
search  for  England's  lost  heroes,  and  whose  seal  and 
gentleness  of  disposition  had  endeared  him  to  the  hearts 
of  British  seamen. 

Sir  Edward  remained  at  Bishop's  Waltham  only 
twelve  months,  for,  towards  the  dose  of  this  year,  he 
was  appointed  by  Lord  Aberdeen  to  the  Lieutenant 
Govemonhip  of  Qroenwich  Hospital,  to  which  place 
he  came  to  leside  on  the  18tlx  January,  1864  A  few 
weeks  before  this,  he  went  down  to  Southampton,  for 
the  purpose  of  delivering  a  lecture  to  the  seamen  of 
that  port  This  had  been  undertaken  at  the  request  of 
Acbhdeaoon  Wigram,  of  Southampton,  to  whom  w« 
an  indebted  fbr  the  following  account : 

....  ••  I  am  oertain  he  never  thought  of  obUgbg 
me.  landmyktsrestoworessUttlefaihiamhid'asUmr 
sel£  His  heart  was  b  the  oanse.  It  was  a  work  for  God. 
He  felt  it  a  privilege  to  be  so  engaged,  and,  thongh  his 
earnestness  and  attention  to  every  tUng  was  most  grati- 
lyfaig,  and  though  it  immeosely  laoreased  my  ohUgaticii 
to  hioKthe  animtw  of  the  old«f  agent  was  so  oatdUag, 
tliiat  I  then  thought  asBttleof  Urn  as  he  did  of  me«  those 
#ho  best  know  his  oareei^  would  say  thli  was  a  very  aimt 
^'flltttratiM  of  the  Hk^  ^^^^  rhidi  enaUel  Um  to  bin- 
enoe  the  hearts  of  otuc  *  -vmt  and  imboe  them  with  ,the 
spbH  which  moved  his  own.  It  w»s,  perhaps,  th*  secret 
of  the  success  whibh  so  constantly  attended  Us  dforta,  on 
&r  greater  oooa^ns  than  that  in  which  I  was  aUowed  to 
tftkeapart. 


mtm 


norial,  a  simple 
tellot,  WM  after- 
ifrontofOreeti' 
9rdof  one,  who, 
iredtoaidinthe 
whose  seal  and 
im  to  the  hearts 

Waltham  only 
of  this  year,  he 
the  Lieutenant 
to  which  place 
r,  1864.  A  few 
ouihampton,  for 
>  the  seamen  of 
at  the  request  of 
0,  to  whom  we 

• 

ought  of  obliging 
1  hia  mind -as.  him* 
sawoikforGod. 
,  and,  though  his 

I  was  most  gratip 
•d  my  oUigatioB 
was  so  oatobiag, 
didofme«  Hiose 
i  was  a  Tery  sim: 
bled  him  to  iofla- 
ae  them  with  .the' 
eihaps,  the  seoret 
dedhisdB»rts,on 

I I  waa  aUowed  to 


SIB  w.  B.  PAaar.  Mi 

**The  day  before  the  leotnre,  I  wont,  aooompanled  by 
Captain  F.  Qambier,  to  the  Docks,  snd  boarded  every 
ship,  that  the  seamen  might  know,  firom  the  lips  of  a 
naval  offloer,  that  Admiral  Psrry  was  coming  to  addrcus 
them,  and  to  remind  them  who  he  was.  When  we  on. 
tared  the  ships,  we  wore  snrprised  to  And  bills  posted  up 
to  annoonoe  the  address,  not  only  on  the  npper  deck,  but 
between  decks,  where,  I  was  told,  such  notlMS  were  not 
commonly  aUowed.  The  men  generally  knew  well  what 
we  came  to  telL  They  anticipated  our  recommendation 
'  by  saying,  at  once,  *  We  mean  to  be  there,*  and  they  kept  * 
their  word. 

'*  I  had  been  told  by  many,  that  *  a  great  mistake  wss 
made,*  that  no  common  seamen  would  come  up  to  the 
Tlotoria  (the  great  company)  room— it  was  a  mile  from 
the  shore,  across  the  town— it  was  not  Jack's  way  to 
show  Umsdf  in  assemUy  rooms,  and  I  ought  to  have 
engaged  *the  long  room,  by  the  water's  edge,'  etc  But 
I  had  perristed  that  the  occasion  demanded  the  birgest 
u«a  we  ooold  command,  and  so  it  proved.  I  stood  with 
Oaptab  OamUer  hi  Portland  Terrace,  Just  before  the 
appointed  hour,  and  saw  a  steady  flow  of  blue  jackets 
and  woiUng  dothes  of  all  hues,  (for  we  do  not  aqtire 
here  to  naval  ndftrmity  of  dress  or  neatness,)  which 
told  me  plainly  there  was  no  mistake,  and  that  we  should 
have  a  room  orowded  with  sealhring  men,  and  other 
wotUng  peoi^  more  or  leds  connected  with  the  Iloeks. 

**  Here  the  whole  order  of  tUngs  was  reversed.  On 
oommon  oeoaskms,  at  onr  great  re^na  meetings,  fismalo 
attire  and  brightnem  fi>rm  the  adomings  of  the  mora. 
Now  the  otikmi  were  changed  bdeed.  Bonnets  there 
were  next  to  none,  and,  htttead  of  them,  a  dose  set  range 
of  daifc,  swarthy,  sunbnmt  ftoes,  with  eyes  unprotected 
hgr  *Uf  coveting,  an  btently  gasing  on  the  q(eaker*s 
14 


Uiin^ 


•14 


oiM  or 


ooant«oano«.  It  U  oMdltM  to  t«U  of  what  nuijr  b«  r««d 
ia  th»  leotur*,  but  my  report  would  b«  d«6d«at,  if  It  dkl 
not  r«l«t«,  flnt,  th«  quiet,  detcrminad  MmestoMi  witli 
wliioh  every  ■yibbie  of  the  addnwe  wm  deUvered,  eepe- 
oiaily  tboee  perte  which  were  of  direct  religiout  bearing, 
end,  Mooodly,  the  profoond  etiUneee  aod  breathleee  etleo* 
tion,  with  which  every  word  wm  reoeired.  Men  wont  to 
a  short,  sharp  word  of  oomaaad,  and  an  instantaneous, 
active  leply— men  given  to  yawn,  and  loiter  ia  listless 
apathy,  when  they  have  no  energetic  woA  to  di>— were 
there,  for  nearly  two  honrs,  attent,  without  a  motion, 
hanging  on  bis  lips.  There  was  not  a  momentary  inter* 
ruption,  except  for  an  occasional  expression  of  sympathy, 
or  a  quiet  outbreak  of  heartfldt  applauao.  And  yet, 
throughout  the  address,  there  wia  a  brl|^itae8saadohiaer> 
iasss,  with  a  sdlorJike  ease,  as  well  as  a  salfpossssstoB 
on  t^e  apuk^fn  part,  which  often  caused  a  smile,  tor  aa 
iastant,  to  enliven  many  a  Imc.  Of  such  a  Und  was  the 
mentloo  of  the  three  I/s*,  wUoh  a  captain,  mider  whom 
he  had  onoe  served,  said  should  ahraja  b«  obssrrad  in 
running  up  ohani^ ;  or,  agaia,  when  ha  apohe  of  tb* 
eagwnass  with  whiah  «m«  tenght  admlasioB  (mo  tlM 
Portsmouth  SailMn*  Boma,  whan  all  tha  bads  w«ra  oeea* 
pM,  *  prIoUng  for  the  softasi  plaak*  OB  the  boarded  ioor. 
Bui  the  mala  ohaiaalar  of  (ha  addram  was  grave.  Tba 
waUkre  of  soola  was  ia  tba  lyaabai^s  baart,  and  ao  oaa 
(joald  miHal^a  Urn  aiai  tbro^ghoat.    II  waatUa  ftaliaad 

bask  and  atanwl  iatMaaU  of  tba  aafvlaai|»«fa  wlmH  tbr 
Admlnl  pidaly  dMirad  to  pcomota»  time  giiva  ita  peaaHap 
charaatif Jk>  tba  addiaai,  aad  iritfab,  Imt  aa  iaalaa(,.aaaaMd 
well  al|ib  avraaUng  the  prcgrssa  of  the  spsabar  bhaislf, 


>ir«Biir.  "issd.  iMd;  kedi "  «ift 


lath* 


MMMiaemi 


y/ 


y 


W.  a.  VAUT. 


M> 


•iloieot,lfUdUl 
«raeitn«M  wUh 

dollTwrtd,  Mp» 
•Ugioua  bMring,    ' 
brMtlil«M  attm- 
1.    llMiwontto 
in  imtaatMcoiUi 
,  loiur  inUiikMi 
rork  to  do— WW* 
ltlM>at  ft  BOtloB, 
moiiMnUrj  Intor- 
iloBofijrmpathy, 
lAiiM.    And  yofe, 
^toMiiadokoMo 
,«  MtfpotMMhm 
id  »  M^fiHrna 
ohAUiidirMtlM 
lain,  mdv  whom 
lyt  bo  olwwyad  to 

ko  ipoln  of  «k» 
(Iniirioii  imo  tlM 

Ml  hMvDI  vtSsw  OOvw* 

ithoboordodioor. 

I  WW  giAT*.    1^ 
>boirt,Md»ooM 

:iWM<Ulft0l|MA 

iolofoon,«ltf*UM 
riMVonwhotti» 

atfiTotti] 


nd  ovorpoworing  monx  of  hk  hMron.  I  nUndo  to  tho 
oboTMlor,  ooBTonkm,  Mid  dMth  of  John  Gordon.  Iih»ll 
nevor  fcrgtl  tho  thrill  whieh  ran  throogh  tho  room,  and 
tha  palpabl*  triumph  of  Ohriatian  pria  dplo  ovor  all  tho 
wajra  of  man*a  dovialog ,  whloh  war*  ao  oommonly  panoad 
by  tho  oompany  who  ooafrontad  mj  ohair  at  that  tima, 
aa  Sir  Edward  mMi  *  For  mjr  own  part,  I  oaa  norar  think 
of  that  Ohriatfaw  aaanan  withoat  AMUnga  of  rinaora  aflbo- 
tkM^  and  hk  manior/  wlU  bo  daartoma  aa  long  aa  I  Hra. 
Bat  th*  loaa  waa  only  oara,  not  hk  Gordon  loTad,  and 
raad,  uA  pniyad  ovar  hia  Blbia,  aad«  ao  aora  aa  that  Biblo 
la  trM,  ha  la  Bbw  mMj  moorad  In  that  havon,  wh^ro 
tharo  aro  ao  itonaa  to  agitato,  no  waraa  to  roll,  bat  allia 
raat,and  paaoa,aadjox,lbr  ovar  aadararl  Omit  bo 
naoaaMTjr  ftir  ma  to  add  tliat,  If  I  oomBMadod  a  ahip  again, 
it  wooM  b*  mj  prida  and  plaaaaro  to  hara  hor  maaaad 
withJohaOordonai* 

•*Tte  addram  daUmod,  maa  aavitod  to  paaaa  aa« 
thiak.  I  haT*  oAoa  raamrkad  tkat  tha  aoiaj  appbaa* 
whiah  ft>Uo#a  a  laolara  or  apaaok  la  oftaa  tka  kaat  iotia. 
fltotorj  avUoMa  of  th*  aflbal  prodaood.  Oa  thia  oeaa* 
iloa,thM«war*awaUhaliigaaof  ablaamd  rotora  from 
th*  ^fofd  whkh  had  gon*  Ibith.  Th*  toqalrj  obvkMialy 
to  th*  mladi  of  th*  tadiaaoa,  aa  aooM  of  thom  k>ok*d 
aio«ad,waa,*Wlw  5«n*ai  to  qMakr«-J>Wh*rofai  th* 
■aa,  wh*«aa  ri|4jto  whM  w*  kav*  hoard,  aad  thaak 
UmiwIliaMNaaaiiaaMair*  Oaptato  Aaatto,  R.  K., 
QomHMal  »ip«iiiaatet  of  tk*  Staam  Kaflgatioa  «l 
thh  |on>i«M,  aa  had  boaa  arnagcd,  aad,  to  a  Aw 
kaartr  lai  HiM»ilala  lanM.  ■awfmiil  what  wa  all 


lUI^*  tkM  mvatl^  ta  ba  tk* 


all 
Ibrwbatw*  kad 


•  totta 


«*Tk*  aoM 
talal]r»  by  aaifriaa. 


Aaamb*r«foAo*ra 


oataadtook  ma, 
aadmaa,llffog 


iiWMuMmiiiii'Mtiriiiiiiiiiiiaiiifitei 


// 


•1« 


MaMom  ov 


ta  »o«U»mi*oo,  who  had  mrr^A  M  Tirlom  tkom  ■nd.f 
tli«  Admiral,  iMun*  tonrwd,  to  rwnliid  Wm  of  th«  pw» 
IImj  bad   bonifl   in  hk  hoinoniUe  oarMr.    8«ver«l  of 

thMn  Im  NMgBlMd  St  <me»  \  among  them  UwU  D , 

•Bd  •  John  Qordoo,  who  t>M:  on  rUilnilng  •cqunlntance, 
UmH  •h«  WM  not  tho  John  Gordon  who  wm  drowned.' 
•  No,'  i«pll«d  81r  Bdwwd,  m  h«  ihook  him  howilly  by 
lii«hwid,«lmt  Iknowjottwdlanoogh.  Yoo  w«r«  my 
i— iliMfr,  Md  •  tary  food  hwid  at  It  yon  wora  !• 

•♦  Tha  mwnory  of  thia  arming  and  Ito  proeaadlnga  will 
Mrar  ba  ailhoad  <K»m  my  rated.  It  waa  ona  of  tha  hap- 
piaat  and  w«^  profltabia  io  ra  j  QAi  t** 

Tha  gmtlfloation  fclt  by  Sir  Edwaid  at  bia  appoinlr 
BMBlto  OiwiwWi  waa  mingled  with  other  feelinga. 
If  one  wen  mora  awara  tliaa  himael^  thai  the  line  of 
eoddoot  which  he  had  Mi  it  hia  doty  to  puiaue  at 
-  Biaiar  had  sxpoaad  him  to  oniaare  fkom  many,  eapo> 
dally  amooi^thoBe  who  kaetr  him  ody  by  report  Ho 
traa,  thewfcre,  now  mora  than  eter  onxiooa  that,  in 
entering  upon  a  aomewhat  aimilar  poaition,  ho  i<iight 
be  enisled  to  avoid  aU  unneoeaMiy  oflboa^  and,  at  the 
IMM time,  to  maintain  hie OhrirtianoonidMenoy.  "Wo 

unit  all  pray,"  be  wid  mora  than  onoe,bel»«  coming 
to  Owonwidb, "  thai  to  ua  may  be  granted  wiadom  from 
oaUgh;  tor  I  fcd  that  now,  eapeoially,  ia  needed  the 
wiadom  of  the  lerpent  no  le«  than  the  bannlcMnem  ol 
thadoTel"  How  wall  he  ■uooeeded  ia  b^  proved  by 
tha  nndoaUed  way  in  wUoh,  during  the  ahort  year; 
and  a  half  of  bia  lili  at  Oreenwieh,  ba  endeared  him- 
nlfiothabaartoafaU.  "Had  we  never  known  Urn," 
one wiika,  "we aboold  have  been  spared  the aorrow 
vanowtoalakthe  thoogbt  of  kwng  ao  dear  a  friend, 


/ 


/# 


MB  w.  a  rAUT. 


•17 


MM  tlmMndM 
hlmof  tb*  part 
Mr.  8«vflr«l  of 
n  Li«at.  P  -> 
ig  aequaintMee, 
)  WM  drowned.* 
him  liMHrtily  by 
,  Yoa  war*  my 
Mt  w«r«l* 
prooMdlngi  will 
I  oa«  of  the  hap* 

I  At  bia  appoinir 
I  other  fwUngs. 
thai  the  line  of 
1^  to  pairae  at 
rom  many,  eipo* 
I7  by  report  Ho 
Mixknu  that,  in 
Nation,  ho  flight 
RBoae,  and,  at  the 
MM^atent^.  *Wo 
Be,bel»«ooniiiig 
niedwiadomfrom 
1  J,  ia  needed  the 
a  haimloawiw  ol 
lab^proTedbj 
g  tiiw  abort  yeori 
ha  endeared  bin' 
irer  known  Urn," 
pwed  theaorrow 
{ 80  dear  a  Unend, 


jet  we  ean  nerer  regret  or  Ibrget  the  oirottmatanoea 
which  gare  ua  the  great  privilege  of  knowing,  even  for 
BO  short  a  time,  eo  rare,  ao  ineatimable  a  obaracter  aa 
that  of  dear  Sir  Edward."  Sir  John  Liddell,  late  Me- 
dical Inspector  to  the  Hoapital,  writea : 

•*  When  Sir  Edward  Parry  was  seleoted  to  ill  the  very 
important  post  of  lisatenantpOovsnior  of  the  Royal 
Hospital  Ibr  seamen  at  Oreenwioh,  high  sxpwstations 
were  formed,  ttom  his  former  distingukhed  <»r«er,  of  his 
greai  oseftihiess  to  that  noUe  Imititatlon,  the  cradle  and 
the  grave  of  England's  best  seamen  {  bet  these  expeeta- 
tionr  were  mors  than  rMJixed  by  the  energy  and  devotion 
that  he  brought  to  the  discharge  of  the  pabUo  and  social 
business  <^  the  Hospital.    He  advocated  the  Interests  of 
religion  and  morality  with  the  energy  of  a  wiss  and 
phihmthropie  bum,  leavbg  na,  who  had  the  privilege  of 
his  intluMcy,  only  to  admire  and  do  honor  to  the  singu- 
lar ability  he  displayed  hi  the  varioos  occnpetions  be 
actually  filled.    His  society  and  opinicns  were  eoorted 
by  persons  In  the  highest,  aa  well  as  the  hnmMer  stations 
of  llfo ;  the  former  he  frequently  deoUned  to  vidt,  00 
account  of  his  health,  the  bitter  never ;  nor  was  it  only 
in  the  way  of  advice  that  be  served  the  poor— he  was 
most  ttberal  hi  t^evhig  their  distrsseae,  and  hi  a  manner 
so  nnoslMilatlous,  that  it  is  only  ^ce  bia  death  thai  tbe 
.  extent  of  Us  bonaty  has  come  to  Hgbt.    Theeo  virtuea 
were  exero&Md  peraeveringly,  under  the  pressors  of  tbe 
severe  aafbtbigs  of  a  hopeless  and  protracted  disease, 
'^Uch  be  endured,  not  ciily  with  tbe  moat  perAtpt  com^ 
po8«t«,  but  even  wUb  dieerftABsas,  tlD  tbe  dcee  of  a  lift 
that  bad  been  i^ent  hi  uneeaabf  eftrta  to  raise  the  cb»- 
raelsir  aad  extend  tbe  uaaiUnasaof  tbe  Royal  Navy,  tbe 
f^pwlka  ol|)eet  of  hie  care ;  wbeee  fanproveBMat  bis  brge, 


liilffilMMfii'ii  III  'riiA 


•Ml*,  aod  vtgofow  mind  MMhl«d  Mm  tetM  laora  ^AtnAf 


Tbe  fbllowing  ia  from  the  pen  of  Admiral  BimOton, 
Ittto  SaoraUvy  uf  Um  Admiralty : 

"^BhekhtalK  Nov.,  1M«. 
•*I  DMd  DO  ramlndar  of  Bir  Sdwiwd  Parry,  wImb  *. 
wriu  from  •  plao*  m  nntr  OrMawloh  m  thU.    OrM^ 
Uu1m<1,  mtut  havt  b««n  tb«  foro«  of  a  oharselar,  wh^b, 
b  B  oom|»rativ«l7  ^rt  ptrlod,  nuA*  itMlf  w  «it«>> 
dTtly  Mt.    It  dhowi  what  11M7  bo  MoompUdiMl  by  » 
oooatMit  mind,  •von  wbon  bodUj  powora  wro  &iiing. 
Tbo  romombrMMO  of  hk  «x«rtkms  for  tbo  good  of  othori 
k  oftoa,  I  mmy  truly  my,  mi  ainuMt  anwolofwio  monitor 
to  mymU;  Ibr  It  kM  m>  hi^iponod  that  my  namo  hat  takon 
tbo  |i^  of  hit  In  Mvoral  aaMoiaaooa  oonnnMtod  with 
oar  Mrrioo.    Wo  aU  nood  tho  iiOanotlon  not  to  M>b 
iTMry  in  woU  doing,*  and  ho  Moma  uovor  to  have 
woariod.    Mott  glad  am  I  that  it  fell  to  Lord  AbordMo, 
M  Primo  Miniator,  to  appobt  him  to  Gro«nwioh«     I 
think  I  amy  Tontnro  to  my  it  wai  a  mtkrfhotkm  to  him- 
Mlf,  to  boUoTo  that,  in  oonforring  on  Sir  Edward  tho 
roirard  of  hi*  oharaotor  and  Nrviooa,  ho  waa,  at  tho  mmo 
timo,  banoflting  tho  Inatitadon  of  wUoh  ha  mado  him 
Uontannnt^OoTomor.    How  flur  hia  LordaUp  waa  oorroot 
b  hb  baliaf  may  bo  Jndgod  from  the  manner  b  whioh  the 
name  and  memory  of  Sir  Edward  Parry  ara  rorered  in 
Oraonwioh  HoapitaL** 

Daring  Ilia  naidffUM  al  At  Qneawkih,  Sir  Bdwaid 
bteraated  himaelf  in  the  revival  of  a  "Ladiee^  Bene- 
volent Sooifltj"  in  tbe  Hoapital,  for  the  parpoae  of 
-  visiting  and  ralieving  the  fluniliea  of  the  oot^oor  pen- 


iiMnriiiiiali 


iMiMiiL 


<•'! 


MR  w.  ■.  PAimr. 


Nit 


—  laow  ulwMily 


linl  BimDioii, 


PMrry,  wImb  ?. 
M  thia.  OrM^ 
barMlar,  wl>^b, 
itMlf  w  «xt«»> 
omplMiMl  by  • 
•ri  »r«  filing. 
I  good  of  othorfl 
ralmwiM  monitor 

nam*  hM  tak«n 
oonnoMtcd  with 
ion  not  to  M>a 

u«v«r  to  b»v« 
Lord  AbwdMu, 

OrMowidii  I 
IhfiMtkm  to  him* 
m  Edward  tb« 
WM,  at  tb«  uiii« 
h  ha  mada  him 
laUp  wai  oonraot 
war  ia  whioh  tba 
f  aM  rararad  in 

y^SirBdwwd 

i  "LMtitt*  Bene* 

the  pturpoM  of 

\»  outdoor  pen* 


•ionen.  Nothing  diaoottrogixl  by  aome  minor  difllouitioM 
wbioh  Awaited  bim  it  the  uutaot,  ho  eiitoroii  into  the 
acherae  with  auoh  good  will,  that  hiii  seeal  oommuuioattMl 
Itaolf  to  otlif^  ami  lie  hud  the  aatiMfnctioti  of  accing 
that  hi*  etfort^  fur  the  wol&re  of  hia  humbler  hrcthrtfii 
were  ably  aeoonded.  "AlV  Iw  wrote,  •'  have  cntfln^l 
uixm  tlio  oauao  moat  cordially ;  and  I  truat  it  may  l)o 
11  eomfort  to  many  a  (xmr  wifb  and  ohlld." 

Oh  more  than  one  oooaaion,  ho  wita  proaent  at  the 
meetinga  held  inOroeowioh  by  one  of  the  Londot>  Oity 
MiMionarieii,  (br  the  benefit  of  the  ponaionera  xclu- 
lively.  (le  afterwards  aaooee^led  in  procuring  a  larger 
room  for  the  porpoae,  the  maa  tliemaelvea  contributiitg 
to  paj  the  rent 

**  At  our  leotura  the  othar  amanlng,"  ha  writaa,  **  about 
ninety  peraona  were  preaant,  all,  with  one  or  two  exoep 
tiona,  our  old  fHenda  the  pen^nara.  The  moat  davout 
tbolbg  aeamed  to  prevail^  and  I  beliava  it  to  have  been 
ganaine.  In  the  ooarae  of  the  evening  I  addraaaad  them 
on  the  gratifloation  I  A>lt  In  aacing  them  thoo  engaged, 
aa  a  proof  that  they  oared  for  their  aoola,  and,  after  oxpa 
tiating  a  little  on  the  only  way  of  aalvation,  exhorted 
them  to  oontinae  in  that  way,  and  to  ahow  their  fldth  by 
tl«eir  worka — worka,  not  aa  meritorioaa  in  themaelvea, 
bnt  aa  a  teat  of  the  aineerity  of  their  profbaaion  aa  follow- 
are  of  the  Bodeamer.  Aftnr  all  waa  over,  two  or  three 
of  the  old  men  oaina  and  ahook  handa  with  me,  and,  ou* 
riooaly  eniugh,  one  of  thorn  proved  to  have  been  with 
me  in  'La  HogueV  boaU  (under  Ooote)  when  ha- and  I 
got  oar  DMdala.  Hie  poor  old  man  waa  quite  ailbotionato 
to  me." 

To  Sir  Bdward'i  flunily  and  ftienda,  hia  appointment 


m0jm»mmmmmtmmmitm 


utmatmmm  M  m  iWiiiihli 


HO 


MOMOIM  OV 


M  LimlHunt-OoTtnior  of  OrMowioh  wm  yerj  gnti- 
^yiag.  Th«7  ngwded  it  m  tbo  weU*«ttnMd  reward  oi 
mora  Aia  half  aoentorjqMnt  inbii  oountiy'iienrioe; 
and,  while  thej  rejoiced  to  tee  bim,  •§  he  Mdd,  "  at 
length  moored  ft>r  Ulb  in  a  aiag  harbor,"  they  ooold 
not  help  indolging  the  hope  that  many  yeara  of  eue 
and  nieftalnea  were  yet  before  him.  Bat  it  had  been 
otherwiae  i^pointed,  and  never  waa  aeen  more  atrongly 
the  trath ok'  hia own  fitTorite  maxim,  "Man propoaea, 
and  God  diapoaM." 

In  the  aommer  of  1864,  Lond<m  and  ita  auborba 
were  eererelyTiaited  with  Aaiatiooholera.  In  the  Hos- 
pital itaelf  it  ftrand  ita  yiotima,  though  ita  ravagea  there 
were  not  ao  great  aa  in  the  iturroanding  looalitiea. 
Tcwarda  the  end  of  Anguat,  Sir  Bdward  waa  himself 
at^dked  with  the  premonitory  aymptoms,  which, 
though  aoop  brought  under  oontrol,  aeemed  to  be  the 
exciting  canae  of  hia  auflbring  and  fktal  diaorder.  At 
firat,  no  aeriona  i^iqprehonaion  waa  Mt ;  though  it  proved 
a  complete  bar  to  all  hia  aotivo  habita,  oooaaioning  al- 
moat  conataat  pain,  and  aariondy  diatorbing  hia  rest  at 
nii^i  Under  the  walohAU  ai^  aflbotionato  care  of 
Sir  ^ohn  IdddeU,  no  meana  were  left  untried  to  alle- 
viate the  mala4y;  bat,  ndwithatending,  it  aeemed  to 
gain  ground  inatead  of  deoreairing.  Daring  thia  autumn, 
'he  waa  able  to  tranaaot  the  routine  boaineaa  of  the  Hoa- 
pital,  in  the  abaanoe  of  ^  Jamea  Qoidon,  the  Gbv^ 
emor,  and  attended  regularly,  aa  chairman,  the  wieek^ 
meetingi  of  a  aooiety  Ibr  tlM  reUef  of  the  fiuniliea  of 
aailoia  engaged  in  the  war,  in  the  Ainnation  of  which 
he  had  himadf  bean  main!/  inalrumental;  bat  theae 
eflbrte  ware  not  made  without  aivera  aofllMnng.    On 


IMMMMMIM 


■IB  W.  a.  PARBT. 


981 


AnMdMWardoi 
Bontry'iMirvioe; 
••beiiad,'«»t 
•bar,"  they  oottld  ' 

OjyeMBOf  6WM 

But  it  had  been  K 
la  more  itrongly 
"Manpropoeee, 

and  ita  aabarba 
lenu  IntheHos- 
iti  imvagea  there 
anding  looalitiea. 
rudwaa  himself 
fmptoms,  irhioh, 
leemed  to  be  the 
ktal  diaorder.    At 
though  it  proved 
Lta,  oooanoning  al- 
korbing  hia  reat  at 
Hwtkmate  oaie  of 
It  imtxied  to  alle< 
ling,  it  aeemed  to 
oringthia  autumn, 
onnMaoftheHoa- 
Qotdon,  the  Oov«^ 
kinaim,  the  "waekly 
of  the  fiuniliea  of 
brmatton  of  which 

immtal;  but  these 
On 


•  the  6th  of  Novamber  he  wrote:  "  I  am  much  the  same , 
k  oertably  no  aensible  improvement    Do  not  not  forget 
me  in  your  prayers,  that  calm,  childlike  E^ubmiasion  may 
be  given  me." 

In  the  midat  of  this  fiery  trial,  the  brightness  of  his 
Christian  resignation  shone  forth  aa  clearly  as  ever. 
"God's  will  be  done  I"  was  the  prayer  ever  in  his 
heart,  and  constantly  on  hia  lipai  "If  He  willa,"  he 
would  say  to  those  whom  he  saw  grieving  on  his  ac- 
count, "  I  ahall  recover;  but  my  times  are  in  His 
handa."  A  fHend,  who  saw  him  at  thia  time,  writes : 
"  That  visit  of  ours  in  the  qpring  to  Greenwich  was  a 
special  privilege.  How  cheerAil  and  manly  Mid  noble 
his  bearing  tmder  such  severe  cluurtening  t  We  were 
mostthankfhl  to  have  had  that  eight  of  him,  so  near  the 
time  when  he  was  to  be  taken  from  thia  passing  world 
of  ours.   It  left  im|neanona  never  to  be  forgotten." 

Hia  attention  had  latterly  been  directed  towarda  a 
celebrated  German  doctor,  who  had  been  auocessftd  in 
hia  traatment  of  a  similar  case  with  which  Sir  Edward 

was  acquainted ;  and  Dr.  S being  called  to  Bng- 

land  in  the  spring  of  1866,  he  took  the  opportunity  of 
consulting  hko.  -ik: 

On  the  19th  of  May,  Lady  Parry  writea :        ^,^; , 

"It  is  now  quite  fixed  that  we  go  to  Ems  tUs  ^y 
fortnight.  Dr.  S.,  who  lodged  here  last  night,  holds  out 
good  hope  of  great  benefit,  and  says  that  he  regards  it  as 
a  euraUe  ease.  Many  hearto  will,  I  know,  be  helpers 
U^ther  by  prayer  in  our  behal£'* 

In  all  the  pieparations  for  the  journey- Sir  Bdwant 
look  an  active  ahare,  superintending  the  varioos  an 
14* 


M!iBriWr»'*1 


iifis 


mniUiimtit'h  iliiii     '  '^ 


^^ 


«<     . 


BSi 


inntoiM  ov 


W' 


rangenenta,  and  with  his  own  hand  writing  the  are©- 
tioMforthedifRjwntpaokagea  On  Wednerfi^,  thj 
98d  of  May,  the  party,  ooMurting  of  Sir  Edwwd  and 
Lady  Parry,  aocompanW  by  tho«>  of  their  cMdren 
who  were  able  to  leave  EngUnd  at  the  time,  embarked 
at  Oieenwioh  on  board  the  Rotterdam  steamer,  earaeafly 

hoping  that  the  denred  boon  of  hia  recovery  might  be 
in. tow  fcr  them.  The  exertkm  of  the  voyage  proved* 
however,  too  mnoh  for  hi.  enfeeWedpowenL  The 
verv  dav  of  our  arrival  at  Rotterdam,"  wntea  Lady 
i^  "hi.  itrer^h  Memed  toM  ao  wddenly.that 
it  wi'aa  if  a  thin  ahell  had  been  worn  through,  and  It 

V  aie  found  hoUow  nndameaih."  They  lemained  a 
day  at  Botterdam;  and,  the  next  nionung,  embarked 
<moe  mote  in  the  Bhine  steamer. 

u^  Bdwaid  and  I,«  oontiiuie.  I*dy  Par^. "  h||d^ 
«^vak»loo««lv«.  We  mad.  nj  a  bed  for  him jHA 
Uftmattre-  on  the  iofo,  wh«re  he  lay  with  «>  mueh 
tS^iltwrdMenmned  on  Saturday  not  to  quit  the 
bSandaUdeptonhoaidthatnight.   AtrixA.M.on 

SS^^CWMk^day.)  ^  ««»^  ^r^lJ"' 
tM^Wfflled  with  foait  keeper,  and  bdiday  maker^  w 

STooly  at  an  ertravagant  eort  eodd  we  g^  ou»elve. 
-npplied  with  room.,  but  there  was  no  akemative. 

On  Monday  evening,  Aey  arrived  •»  OWeji, 
#a  an  inespwsriWe  reKef  to  be  able  fo  ^  at  once 

J^S.^-^  who  w»ded  at  Ehrenbreiti*em.  The 
dbetaof  this  "weary  and  anxious  journey"  uraw  so 
plainly  visaOe  in  Sir  Edward's  weakened  oonj^ 
L  l4  »ome  days  ihey  were  obMged  to  mn«n  at  Oob. 

lenz,  and  it  was  not  unta  June  6ih  that  thiqr  weie  able 


mn  W.  K.  PABRT. 


•IS 


ting  ihetfirco' 
redneiday,  tb« 
ir  Edward  and 
their  children 
ime,  embarked 
amer,  eameatly 
>Tery  might  be 
royage  proved, 
wwen.    "The 
»»  writes  Lady 
suddenly,  that 
thmMgh^  and  it 
ay  remained  a 
oing,  embarked 

Parry,  "had  the 
ed  for  him  ^th 
f  irith  ao  mnoh 
not  to  quit  the 
jix  rix  A.M.  on 
)fiiMUtor£  The 
jlUUiy  makers,  lo 
re  get  onrsdTea 
tteraatire.** 

k  Cobkno,  and  il 
to  (lend  at  eooe 
ibreititain.  The> 
Dumey"  were  so 
cened  condition, 
o  remain  at  Cob* 
tt  they  weie  able 


to  r«iaoh  Ems,  where  the  rest  of  the  party  were  already 
established.    This  was  accomplished  in  an  easy  carnage, 

Dr.  S himself  accompanying  them.    His  opinion 

of  the  case  was,  at  first,  by  no  meaus  unfevorable ;  and 
he  hoped  that,  when  the  fiitigne  had  passed  oS,  there 
might  be  saffident  strength  of  constitotion  left  to  rally 
from  the  present  state  of  complete  prostration.  These 
hopes,  however,  soon  proved  delusive.  For  flie  first 
thrao  weeks,  he  was  able  to  walk  daUy  to  the  baths :  but 
each  day  his  strength  continued  to  diminish,  until  even 
this  small  exertion  had  to  be  given  up.  In  a  letter  to 
her  brother,  the  Bev.  E.  F.  K  Hankinson,  who  had 
kindly  ol&red  to  join  her  at  Ems,  Lady  Pany  says : 

**Jbu,  June  20, 1805. 
"  I  now  write  to  daim  your  kind  oJBTer  to  come  to  our 
help.  I  can  not  oonceal  from  myself  that  the  weakness 
has  been  steadily,  and,  I  must  say,  greatly  faoreased,  and 
I  detect  tokens  of  its  extent,  which  at  thnes  startle  mo. 
The  voice  is  so  altered,  and  the  speech  sometimes  so 
indistinot,  that  I  can  wUh  diffloulty  understsnd  him. 
TlJere  is  also  a  certi^  degree  of  veil  anddreamhiess  over 
the  dear  mhid.  Alas!  alas!  my  hope  is  fiihit  as  to  the 
nliyingpower  tiiat  remains,  bat  we  know  that  it  mcy 
be,  and«  if  ri^ «<B  be.  'He  who  spared  not  His  own 
Son,  shall  He  not  ftedy  giveus  allthhigs?»  He  can  not 
bear  mooh  readhig  or  talMng,  bat  we  have  daUy  a  little 
service  together,  eonsistiag  of  a  few  verses  and  prayer. 
He  is  in  vwy  flvqaeut  praytw  himself  but,  ItWnk,  low  iu 
nataralqirita.  Two  or  three  hymns  fr(»n  the  *^i^tual 
Songs*  he  likes  much— *I  lay  my  sins  on  Jesus,'  »My 
times  are  hk  Thy  hands,*  etc.** 

Andagain:         " 


itfanlMaMiaitiMMinHM 


imiwteti^itti'  MiitMiSi 


f 


•94 


MIOW  09 


xir . 


«  My  tluing*  mittt  be  of  t^^Aj  md  iurely  toowMfag  ^ 
woMkDMi,  and  •  look,  that  om  not  be  mittdceo,  of  IbUing 
nature.  I  aid  to  him  thii  mornbg,  after  reading  a  few 
verMt  of  John  14 :  ♦  I  do  not  feel  aa  though  thia  illnew 
were  for  recovery.*  •Oh!  no,'  he  aaid,  •!  think  not.' 
♦Are  yon  wiUing  to  depart,  and  go  to  Jeana?'  * OhI  I 
long  for  it,  I  Icm^  for  it,  I  am  aorry  to  aay  I '  *No,'  I 
anawered,  •  not  aorry— and  we  would  fcin  be  willing  to 
let  you  go— only  pray  for  ua,  that  we  may  foUow  after, 
and,  with  not  one  loat,  be  a  ftmily  in  heaTen.'  With 
great  emphaab  he  aaid :  •  Not  one  wiU  be  loat,  for  they 
are  otf  belored  of  the  Lordl »  *  What  a  mercy  it  ia,'  I 
added,  Hhat  you  hare  not  now  to  aeek  a  Saviour !» 
Again,  with  much  empha8ia,he  replied:  'Oh  I H  ia,  indeed ! 
but  I  have  known  Hhn,  I  truat,  long  ago,  and  now  my 
whpJetruftJainHim."» 

By  the  end  of  June,  ihoae  of  hia  cbildzen,  who  had 
biiherto  been  unible  to  leave  England,  arrived  at  Ema, 
ao  that  all  hiafittnily,  with  the  esoeptioii  of  hia  Bailor 
am  and  hia  married  8tq>^iigliter,  w«re  now  gvUiered 
ropnd  him,  and  the  inoreaaing  weakneaa  of  their 
beloved  pwent  warned  them  too  auiely  that  the  oloaing 
aoenemuatbenearathand.  On  Saturday,  the  7th  of 
Jnly,  Mr.  Hankinaon  writes  to  hia  fhOier : 

» I  afanoat  expected,  when  I  kMt  wrote  VK  foo,  that  my - 
next  letter  would  tell  you  that  itwaa  all  over,  and  that 
our  betoved  brother  had  been  releaaad  IWwi  the  adfcringa 
cf  the  fleah,  and  I  thbk  yon  would  afanpit  expect  it  ako. 
However,  it  ia  not  ao— he  ia  atill  with  ne;  but  we  can  not 
expect  that  it  vnll  go  on  much  longer :  indeed,  we  ought 


;iifl«  81, 18A5. 

larelj  inor«a^g 
•taken,  of  fUUng 
ir  reading  •  ftw 
ongh  Uiia  Ulnen 
1,«I  think  not.* 
e«w?»    ♦OhI  I 

nji*  ♦No,'  I 
idn  be  willing  to 
may  follow  after, 

heaTen.*  With 
be  loet,  for  the  j 

a  mero7  it  ii,*  I 
Mk  a  SaTioarl* 
Oh  IHia,  indeed! 
igo,  and  now  mf 

dldzen,  -who  had 
,  arriyed  at  Ema, 
ion  of  his  sailor 
le  now  gathered 
ikn«M  of  their 
jT  that  the  oloaiiig 
ur^aj,  the  7ih  of 
bffir: 

•  t«)  foa,  thai  my 
aU  •▼«,  and  tha| 
IWMntheaafluiags 
patezpeet  itako. 
■;but  weeannot 
indeed,  we  ought 


8IB  W.  B.  PABilY. 


S35 


not  to  dedre  it,  for,  ftt>m  time  to  time,  he  haa  renewed 
and  severe  trial  and  raifering,  and  hit  prayer  for  hinuelf 
ia :  *  Father,  in  TUne  own  good  time  receive  me  to  Thy 
meroyt  * 

"Thia  morning,  we  all  aaaemUed  romid  his  bed,  and  I 
adminbtered  the  Sacrament  to  him.  I  trust  it  was  a 
comforting  and  strengthening  privilege.  He  is  ready  I 
What  an  inexpressible  comfort  is  this  I  There  is  no  b- 
temdztore  of  doubt  in  him,  or  for  him.  I  trust  that  the 
Lord  is  with  .*is ;  and  He  will  not  leave  nor  forsake  os.'* 

la  a  short  oonyersation  with  Lady  Parry,  in  the 
ooiine  of  this  same  Saturday  morning,  he  saici;  earn- 
esUy :  "  I  can  only  say  that  in  Ohiist,  and  Him  onicifled, 
is  all  my  aalyatbn  and  all  my  desire."  "Yes,"  she 
said,  "that  is  as  He  would  have  it,  that  all  but  Him- 
self should  be  as  nothing."  "Oh,"  he  replied:  "no- 
thing, nothing — I  sweep  it  all  awayl  He  is  all 
my  salvatioBy  and  all  my  deaire  I "  Again,  when  the 
oonrersation  tamed  on  the  prospect  of  his  speedy 
departara:  "Oh  I  yest  I  Itmgtat  it  I  my  desire  is  to  dip 
away— -w)  slip  into  the  anna  of  my  predoas  Savioar, 
and  I  think  I  ahall  soon  dip  oot  of  yoar  haada." 
Shortly  afterwards,  he  added,  with  oharacteristic  earn 
estnesi:  "Mind,  let  there  be  no  death-bed  soeae  I"  She 
tfdced  if  he  would  not  like  to  have  hia  children  round 
him.    "  Tea,"  he  answered,  "  buttakecare,  take  care! " 

Lata  on  Saturday  ni^t  he  seemed  sinking.  A  few 
woirds  of  prayer  were  oflbred  up  at  his  bedmde^  of  which 
he  was  oonsdoo^  but  too  exhausted  to  speak,'ezoept 
once^  when  he  was  oreriieard  to  murmur, "  l%e  diaiiots 
and  horses  I "  evidently  under  the  impreanon  of  his 
own  immediate  rdeaae.    After  a  while^  however,  he 


iitiiii  iliimi  I 'ill u» 


iiinniniiiiiiiiiiiiniii  iiiii  I  I'i'fiifi  iiiTii''<riiiiN"f'[i"~"'* 


nse 


MBMOIBII  Oy 


naii«d  and  laiik  into  a  quiet  sleep,  wWoh  liwted  mth 
only  occaaional  interruptionfl  through  the  night.  1  bat 
night  waa  the  laat  he  ever  apent  on  earth.  The  next 
morning,  at  half.pa«t  nine,  on  Sunday,  the  8th  of  July, 

he  entered  on  " the reat which remaineth for thepeoplo 
of  God."  Hia  laat  hours  were  merciftinyflpeoftompain, 
and  he  wmained  conaoioua  to  the  lart,  untU,  with  a 
gentle  aigh,  the  lingering  spirit  "  sUi^ '  aocording  to 
Si  ownlarneat  deairo,  "  into  Wa  Saviour'a  anna."  ffia 
course  waa  finished,  the  victory  won,  and  the  ikithflil 
servantenteHjdintothejoyofhiaLoidl 

In  4he  course  of  the  aame  week,  theaonowingfiMmly 
left  Ema,  a  place  henceforth  hallowed  to  them  by  ita 
many  touching  associations,  md,  early  oaUienMct  Sun- 
day.  reached  Greenwich,  bringing  with  them  the  dear 
x^^taxm.  The  fimeral  took  place  on  the  following 
Tbureday,  July  19th.  The  following  ia  from  the  pen  of 
a  near  relative  who  attended : 

;     w  1        .  ^    .     *' London,  July  ?0,  IMS. 
"  lesterday  pused  off  very  much  aa  you  would  rap- 
voae.    It  was  a  large  IViperal.  and  weB  artangad,    -nie 
^roo<Mion  left  the  IieutenantOovemoi»s  house  soon  after 
twelve.    In  front  of  the  ooffln  (on  which  lay  his  hat  and 
iword)  marched  a  xegiment  of  pewioners,  with  forled 
.flMS  and  craped  drums.    As  soon  as  we  left  the  house, 
ilJrge  number  of  officers  connected  wlt^  the  HospitaU 
fbU  in  from  the  oonnoa  room,  and  Arctic  officers  not  a 
few— M'Oure,  ColUnson,  KeUett,  Austin,  etc.    We  first 
proceeded  to  the  chapel,  where  the  chaplain  read  the  ser- 
vice,  and  then  to  the  Mausoleum  in  the  bunal  ground 
belonging  to  the  HospiUl.    Hb  coffin  reeto  by  the  rida 


SIB  W.  ■.  PABST. 


89f 


lioh  IflBted  witli 
be  night    That 
iTth.    The  next 
the  8th  of  July,  ^ 
th  for  the  people 
yfieo  from  pain, 
«t,  until,  with  a  ' 
Bd,"  according  to 
ur'BanM."    Hia 
and  the  fkithAil 

dl 
■onowing&mily , 

1  to  them  by  its 
OIL  the  next  Sun* 
th  them  the  dear 
on  the  following 
is  from  the  pen  of 


t,  Jufy  90, 1MB. 

IS  yon  would  rap- 
U  uraaged.    The 
i*s  house  soon  after 
oh  lay  his  hat  aad 
loners,  with  fhrled 
we  left  the  house, 
wid^  the  Hospital, 
ratio  officers  not  a 
sUn,eto.    "Weflnit 
k^didn  read  the  ser< 
Uie  hurial  ground 
m  xeeto  by  the  rid* 


of  the  late  Goremor,  Sir  Oharles  Adsm,  and  apoo  that 
of  Sir  Robert  Stepford. 

**  This  terminates  the  sad  story.  A  '  mighty  man  of 
valor,'  a  *  flither  in  Israel,*  a  falthfhl  servant  of  the  Lord 
Jesus,  whose  light  hath  shone  brightly  before  men,  and 
whose  record  is  on  high,  was,  on  this  day,  consigned  tu « 
his  last  resting-place  among  the  honored  of  the  earth,  and 
there  awaits  the  morning  of  a  bright  and  glorious  resur- 
reetion  t  '* 

A  tablet  has  been  erected  to  hia  memory  in  the 
Mausoleum  of  the  cemetery  at  Qreenwich,  and  another 
at  Tunbridge  Wells,  dose  to  that  of  his  first  wife.* 


•M  I..i,.-^^  .i-UK» 


•'i 


_„■■   .,•>*.!:    .;M>.^,Sfc  %*.;,*?  ^^'■ 


"Wm  BUSS  THT  HOLT  ITAICB,  O  LORD!  VOB  ALL  TBT 
BBBVAinS  DBPABTBD  THIS  UVB  HI  THT  FAITH  AND  VBAB  ; 
BBSBBOBIira  THBB  TO  OIVB  C8  OBACB  SO  TO  FOLLOW  THXIR 
GOOD  TTAiiPT^a,  TUA7,  WITH  TBBIf,  WB  MAT  BB  PABXAKBB8 
OF  THT  HBAVmrLT  KINODOM.** 


iiariliilliji«iii«M^liiiiM'<rt»ililliiiiniWv'i'iii,>i,>iii»hte^ 


•    ». 


1^ 


iif' 


I  . 


r 


■>^:M 


■A^  %m\^,^ 


l/'-j,^-r^.,.lJ;'rt«T 


.<t    H 


APPKNDII. 


..  •■ 

r  yiclnt  liUkml  It  lulir,  iott  I3tb  1952. 

Aon  %1, 

Tn  Apoido  FmI,  lukTing  taken  adfiatage  of  hii  righu, 
M  •  Ronui  oIUmo,  to  kppMa  to  Omat,  the  Romu 
Emperor,  egtlMl  the  melleloai  UOwUoe  and  violent  pe^ 
ieoatlon  of  his  own  ooontrymen,  the  Jew»— it  wee  now 
deMrmlned  to  tend  him  m  n  priaoner  to  Rome  for  thia 
parpoae,  aHhoo^  King  Agrippn,  before  whom  he  had 
made  hla  defonae,  did,  in  flMt,  pronoanoe  him  gniltleaa. 
More  honorable  and  aatlaflMtory  evidenoe  of  liJa  inno- 
eenoe  Panl  could  not  haTo  deairedt. 

The  chapter  on  whieh  we  are  thia  evening  entering— 
one  of  the  noat  intereaUng  porttona  of  the  hiatory  of  the 
Aeta  of  the  Apoatlaa  ooirtaina  the  aoooont  of  Pnnl'a 
perilow  toTage  on  hiawajto  Rome;  but,  before  we 
eommenoe  te,  I  oaa  not  help  rendnding  yon  in  how  won. 
derftd  and  aMogather  nnexpeoted  a  manner  th^  Lord'y 
poipbaa,  na  proinlaed  and  declared  parpoae,  that  Paul 
ahonld  go  to  Rmbc,  waa  now  abont  to  be  aooompUahed. 
At  the  tery  time  when,  aa  we  are  told,  he  waa  aotnallj 
In  danger  of  being  **  polled  in  pleoea**  by  the  people,  on 


•rfialaiaHi^ataM 


iiiikU 


ilWWIIWga'iMWwfc 


Mfa&tW'* 


r* 


r 


Mooonl  of  hU  fcHkftilni*  to  Chrtal,  Md  th«  ohUf  cap. 
t«l«  ord«r«d  him  to  bo  ^k•n  by  toroo,  and  brought  Into 
tko  omUo  tor  the  •wurity  of  hit  Ufo-aiid«r  thMo  foarfVil 
dronmatMOO*  of  peril  it  w«  w«t  "ho  WM  to  h«»r 
witnoM  dM  at  Romr."  Bot  who  would  have  ooiO««- 
ttirwl  how  thlt  WM  to  b«  brought  dboutV  Who  could 
hATO  predicted  thiU  Paul,  who  wm  to  be  •  wHneee  for 
OhriM  at  Rome,  ehould  go  tLere  ae  a  prlwnerf  TVuIy, 
"  Ood»«  way»  are  not  our  waya  i"  they  are,  indeed,  "  paat 

finding  outi**  .        ^      v  • 

I  propoee  to  ooniider,  tbb  erening,  the  whole  account 
of  this  rwnarkable  tranMwtkm,  beoMue  It  it  ao  ftall  of 
lBt«rei^  eepeoWly  to  aea-fltflng  people,  and  beoaoae  it  b 
not  eaay  to  divide  ao  connected  a  atory  into  aeparato 
portkma.  Let  w  now  endeavor,  by  OodHi  blearing,  to 
OMive  aome  benefit  from  It  to  our  own  aoola.  And  I 
think  that  euoh  benefit  may  be  oura,  by  our  oonaidering, 
with  aerioua  attention,  the  oonduot  of  Paul,  the  lenrant 
of  the  Lord  Jemia  Ohrlat,  under  the  varlotta  oln,um- 
gtanoea  of  dUBouHy,  danger,  and  trial,  in  which  he  waa 
ptooed.  And  thla  wiU  naturaUy  lead  na  to  oontemp!  *• 
UM^thfiilneaa  of  the  Lord  to  aU  Hk  promiaea  In  bel-  f 
of  Hia  aerranta. 

I  Let  na  look  at  Panl*a  ooohieaa,  preaenee  of  mini, 
and  holy  courage  in  the  mkUt  of  the  moat  appaUlng 
danger.  Every  body  khowa— and  aome  here  may  per- 
il^ know  by  experience  -r  that  a  ahipwraok  in  a  gale  of 
wind,  with  a  heavy  tea,  and  on  an  unknown  and  danger, 
osa  coaat,  la  no  Ught  matter.  But  even  thoao  among  ua 
who  do,  perhapa,  know  aomething  of  thia  peril  can 
ibrm  bnl  a  rary  Wnt  idea  of  what  the  danger  vraa  in 
Fanl^  time,  with  Itt-oonatruoted  and  badly  fbund  veaaeia, 
whhoot  the  art  and  the  dbeipKne  which  gavo  na  auch 
great  advantage.    There  can  be  no  doubt  that,  nndor 


Amifou. 


Ml 


[  th«  ohUf  e«p> 
d  brought  into 
ler  thM«  fearAil 
•  WM  to  b««r 
id  !»•»•  ooiO««- 
ir  Who  eottid 
w  swHmm  fbr 
iMMr?  Traiy, 
D,  lnd««d,"iMi( 

» whole  aoooaot 
it  it  w  Ml  of 
ad  Imosom  it  Is 
7  Into  Mptnito 
)d*l  blawing,  to 
n  ■ook.  And  I 
oar  ooiMidering, 
"ftnl,  the  Mnrant 
TArbHM  oiri>uiD> 
in  whioh  he  WM 

I  to  oontempf'  M 
■ondaee  in  be)'    f 

reienoe  of  mind, 
i  moft  tppaUing 
e  here  may  per* 
T«ok  in  A  gnle  of 
>wn  and  d«lge^ 

II  thote  among  oa 
f  thii  peril  oan 
le  danger  waa  in 
Uj  found  veaada, 
ioh  gafe  oa  aneh 
ioubt  that,  vnder 


Moh  clrouniatancwi,  their  danger  waa  eten  greater  than 
oar.;  and  their  hope  of  o^sapbg  with  their  Uirea  mueh 
Um.  In  llwt,  auoh  waa  their  atate  of  peril,  that  Paul, 
in  de«.riblng  it,  «/•  that  "all  hope  that  we  ahould  be 
wred  waa  taken  away,"  tliat  ia,  humanly  apeaktog.  there 
...med  no  poaalbittty  of  eaoap^hnman  meana  i^imed 
unavailing,  and  the  people  of  the  ..hip  had  given  up  all 
hope,  leeing  no  proapeot  before  them  but  that  of  certain 
and  bavUable  deatruotion t  ,  n  At 

But  now  mark  the  conduct  of  the  aervant  of  Ood 
Imagine  a  Uttle  veaael  beaUng  about  among  aho^  at 
the  ^neroy  of  the  winda  and  wnvea,  In  a  g«l«  ■©  tiolimt 
that  they  could  crry  no  «dL*    And  again,  when  the 
aailora  tried  to  deaert  their  oomradea  in  the  hour  of  peril, 
and  P»ul  remonatrated  againat  thia  cowardly  oooduo^ 
then  we  read,  even  at  the  very  height  of  the  «bnger, 
Paul  beeonght  them  aU  to  take  meat,  and  to  be  of  good 
eheor.    Now  thia,  I  «y,  i«  «  i»«tjnoa  rf  .noommon 
ooobcM  and  courageoua  preaence  of  mind.    And  what 
did  it  aU  proceed  «h>m?    My  dear  frianda,  the  narraar* 
doea  not  leave  ua  for  a  moment  in  doubt  upon  that  point. 
II  waa  not  mere  animal  eourag^by  which  I  mean  that 
qnality  which,  however  valuable,   the   lower   animals 
poaaeM  in  common  with  man,  and  often  in  a  much 
Ker  degree  than  man.    It  waa  not  almply  tWs ;  it  waa 
n  holy  trust  in  Qod;  a  Ibm  conMence  in  Hia  power. 
His  mercy,  and  b  the  ikithfiilnesa  of  His  promiaes.    The 
sronnd  of  Panl'a  oonftdence  may  aU  be  summed  up  in 
Sebrief  smitenceof  his:  «I  believe  God.  1*^  i*  J«" 
be  even  aa  it  was  told  me.»t    Yes,  my  Mends,  fhlth 
In  Qod  U  the  source  of  the  highest  order  of  courage,  of 
that  moral  courage  whioh  diatinguishea  man  from  the 
brate  creatk>n.    The  promises  of  Ood  to  HU  people,  the 


e  T.  It. 


t  v.  A 


iaSiil  iV'ri-'  '^'ii"  '  i'  ■     '   ■•"  "'■•■"■'■■'•'''■'■'  '-'^- 


promiiM  of  m»  mM9j  •ikd  k>T«  to  til  w%©  We«i  ta 
Chrifl  Jwom  Hk  Son,  WW  10  BonMrotta,  m  ilfoog,  to 
dktliMl,  Ibttt  I  do  not  MppoM  any  mmomWo  nun,  who 
bdlofM  «1m  BlbU  to  bo  Oodt  Word,  woold,  In  w  mMix 
worda,  Ttotsrt  lo  do«l»t  or  dlqmto  thorn.    Birt  IWth, 
Mvfaif  wriiKana  flklth,  goM  fturthw  thwi  thl«.    It  to  not 
moroly  M  tArnkdon  of  th«  tnth,  bat  It  to  Mtbg  upon  U, 
noting  np  to  It!  MMl  thto  aetlng  np  to  tho  trnth  to  holjr 
•oumgo  nnd  oonidmoo  In  ttaio  of  no*L    It  to  not  m^tiiy 
MTlng  wo  boltoro  In  Godi  promtoM,  bnt  ihowing  thnl 
w«  boUoTO  thorn,  ■■  PnnI  did,  whon  tho  tUno  of  trtol 
iKMno..    It  to«MirononghtotnlkoffcWiUiOod,wh« 
•U  to  imooth,  nod  qn^  and  anfii  nroond  naj  *«»  »» 
onW  tho  Ohrtotton  wnrrior  who  eui  any,  whon  tho  biaaM 
of  afltotkM,  and  tho  wnroa  of  atoknona  or  Borrow  aro 
bMtlng  ttponhhn,**IboltoToGod,thntUahaUboo»on 
MlTirM  told  mo--told  mo  fai  Hto  Holy  Word,  whoao 
ovory  aaaufMioo  to  frithftilnaaa  and  trnth  i    My  donr 
Monda,  If  you  wtoh  to  poaaaaa  thto  oonlldwioa,  thto  holy 
ooong^  oolUrato  that  &ith  in  God'a  promtoaa,  which  ia 
nicno  nblo  to  prodnoo  It.    It  to  •  high  and  •  blo«ad 
nttninmont  to  bo  nblo  to  any  front  tho  henrt :  "  I  boUevo  ^ 
aod,thntHBhnUbo«Ton»BitwaatoMniol»' 
^And,  obaorvo,  aa  n  proof  that  thto  wna  tho  aooroo  of 
Piml*a  oonmgoooa  bowii^  in  tho  hour  of  dMger,  that 
ho  awwiboa  it  aU  to  God.    Pknl  mny  hnto  boao,  and 
probably  waa,  nntnmUy  n  bold  man.    Hto  wholo  hfatory 
Momatolmplythnthowaa.   But  we  do  not  aoo  horo  any 
bonating  of  hto  natural  oonngo,  nor  any  roforoneo  to  it 
Ood  hnd  Mid  to  him,  "Foar  no^  Pnnl.''  and  Pnnl  dW 
not  ftnr.    God  hnd  mid,  "I  hnTo  ulron  thoo  aU  thai  mil 
with  thoo,«  Mid  Pinl  did  not  doubt  it.    Solf  -^aa  whoUy 
out  of  tho  qnaation-dl  had  rolitranoa  to  God.    Lot  na 
tmm  from  thto,  my  frlwida,  to  aaoribo  nU  that  we  hnr^ 


who  b«loag  to 

%  M  ilroiiff,  w 

ooobUnuHi,  who 

otUd,  la  ao  BUHiy 

horn.    Bat  ihith, 

I  thk    It  U  Bot 

W  aotbg  apoo  to^ 

iha  trath  U  holf 

.    It  b  Bot  mtnif 

>at  thowing  that 

tha  tioM  of  trial 

bith  ia  Ood,  whan 

ood  ai{  bat  it  la 

7,  whaa  tha  Uaata 

MM  or  iorrowara 

at  it  ahall  ba  avao 

I0I7  Word,  whoaa 

trath  t    M7  daar 

lAdaooa,  thia  holy 

promlaaa,  which  ia 

gh  and  a  bloaaod 

hcMurt :  **  i  baUere 

dmai** 

waa  tha  aooroa  of 
ar  of  dMiger,  that 
y  hava  baao,  and 
Hia  whola  hiator  j 
o  not  aaa  horo  any 
iny  rafaranoa  to  It 
tul,**  and  Ftoal  dU 
m  thaa  all  that  mUI 
Saif  <WM  wholly 
atoGod.  Lat  aa 
•  all  that  wa  h«Ta| 


ATvairmx. 


118 


and  all  that  wa  are,  to  Film  who  lia«  glvon  na  all  wo 
hava,  anil  who  haa  made  ua  what  wa  ar«*.  If  auooaaa 
attend  our  worldly  i*«oii|)atliM)a,  If  a  bluaaing  mat  upon 
oar  law  All  endaavora,  If  wo  aro  onablutl  to  avoid  daugvr, 
or  ara  aafaly  dalivarad  flrom  it  when  It  oomaa  (  In  aaoh 
and  «v«ry  oaae,  lat  ua  ba  aura  to  raoogniaa  tha  ay«  thai 
watohea,  and  tho  hand  that  guards  ua,  and  lat  tha  Ian- 
goaga  of  oar  Inmoat  aoala  b«  ovar  thla :  '*  Not  onto  ua,  O 
liord  t  not  unto  ua,  bat  unto  Thy  nama  giva  tha  glory,  for 
Thy  maroy,  and  (br  Thy  truth*a  aaka ! " 

II.  N«xt,  than,  lat  11a  notlea,  aa  I  propoaad,  how 
fidthAil  Ood  ia  to  Ilia  promlaaa.  Paul  knew  that  ha  waa 
daaling  with  a  fUthAU  God,  whan  ha  aaid,  '*  I  ballavu 
Ood,  that  it  ahall  be  avan  aa  it  waa  told  ma,"  and  hIa 
hopa  wia  not  diaappointad.  Nor  ahall  tha  hopa  of  any 
ba  diaappointcd,  who  lean  upon  the  promlaea  of  Ood. 
Tha  promiaea  of  man  ara  ftiU  o(  uncertabty  and  doubt, 
a  eonatant  aoaroa  of  diaappolntment,  in  aome  abape  or 
other,  and  from  a  tariaty  of  oauma.  How  often  do  wo 
aca  a  promiaa  made,  and  wart^nly  broken  I  How  often 
dooo  it  turn  oat  that  a  penon  U  uuablo  to  perform  hia 
promiaal  A  thooaaad  eontingonciea  may  oauao  tho 
fidluro  of  one  man'a  promiaea  to  another.  But  thia  can 
never  be  tha  oaae  with  the  promiaea  of  Ood.  In  Ood 
there  can  nerer  ba  either  the  want  of  power,  or  the  want 
of  will  Ha  ia  both  willing  and  able  to  faUDl,  to  the 
uttarmoat,  whatever  Hia  word  ia  pledged  to  aooompUah. 
**Ha  ia  not  a  man  that  Ha  ahoold  Ua,  nor  tha  aon  of 
man  thai  Ha  ahoold  repent."  *'  Hath  He  Mdd,  and  ahall 
He  not  dn  it,  or  hath  He  not  apoken,  and  ahall  He  not 
make  it  good  ? "  However  adverae  the  oiroamManoea 
uiay  be,  to  all  human  appearance,  however  unlikely  thp 
aooompUahment  of  the  di>ioe  promiaea  may,  at  nny  time, 
to  oar  limited  apprehen^n,  yet  "  the  word  of  tho 


;*'** 


■»'     ^ 


884 


Arrmbii. 


W 


Lord  ttancleth  lure,**  ud  **  not  on*  Jot  or  one  tittle  **  of 
what  He  hath  ipoken  ihall  ever  ftU.  It  wm  in  the 
midit  of  the  mott  appalilng  danger  that  the  angel  of  God 
■tood  by  Paul,  and  aaeured  him  notr  onlj  of  hie  own 
preeervation,  but  of  the  m^ij  of  eyerj  loal  embarked  in 
that  illftted  ildp.  Nothbg  oonld  be  more  improbaUo. 
No  peril  ooold  well  be  greater.  Probably  Faol  waa  the 
only  individual  out  of  the  "two  hundred  threeecore  and 
■izteen  eoula  **  on  board,  who  beUered  in  the  pomibility 
of  their  being  eaved.  But  the  Lord  had  eaid  if  His 
word  waa  pawed,  and  that  waa  enough.  The  etorm  wai 
violent,  the  aea  wai  ftarAil,  and  the  land  wai  under  thdr 
lee;  but  He,  at  whoie  oommand  the  tempeat  blew  and 
the  wavea  aroae,  waa  ttronger  than  they,  "and  m,"  wo 
read,  "it  oame  to  pam  that  they  eacaped  all  aafe  to 
land.» 

But  now  I  want  y<na  to  obaerve,  from  the  narrative 
before  ua,  to  whom  it  ii  that  the  promisea  of  God's 
graoious  proteotion  are  mott  eapeoially,  if  not  ezolunlvely, 
made.  On  thia  oooaaion  w*  are  not  told  that  any  raoh 
amuranoe  waa  given  to  any  but  one,  out  of  the  876 
peraooa  tHio  were  placed  in  thia  dreadftd  Jeopardy,  and 
that  one  waa  the  acrvant  of  Godt  Mark  that  well,  my 
dair  ftienda.  One  man  reodvad  a  gradoua  btimation 
that  in  apite  of  the  diNatroua  predieament  in  which 
their  ahip  waa  plaoad,  all  ahould  end  weH  The  other 
ST6  raceived  no  aooh  lattmatton;  and  the  ground  of  this 
aaleetioa  of  on*  man,  out  of  so  large  a  number,  Is  dearly 
aat  Ibrih  In  on*  eitprasslon  used  by  FMiVIb  Moooraglng' 
hia  aftighted  ridpmataa.  H*  aaya :  "There  stood  by  me ' 
this  ni^t  the  w^  of  God,  whose  I  am,  and  whom  I 
aarva.**  Tbera  waa  tho  aaorat  of  thia  marvdlona  trana* 
action.  Tea,  my  ftienda,  th*  gradoua  pronUsaa  of 
Alndghty  Qod  are  specially  made  to  thoaa  wh6  are  Hi% 


MMMMi 


1 


AFPKKDIZ. 


3S5 


roneUtt1e»of 
It  WM  in  the 
leangvlofQod 
nly  of  his  own 
lol  embarked  In 
ore  improbable. 
f  Paul  wai  the 
threeaoore  and 
n  the  poariUlity 
A  aaid  it.-  His 
The  itorm  irai 
was  mider  th<dr 
mpeat  blew  and 
r,  "and  ao,"  wo 
>ped  all  aafe  to 

Q  the  narrative 
imiaes  of  God*s 
^notezolniilvely, 
d  that  any  raoh 
OQt  of  the  276 
il  jeopiirdj,  and 
rk  that  well,  my 
doai  intimation 
iment  b  which 
relL  The  other 
e  groond  of  this 
amber,  is  dearly 
,  in  enoooragbg 
i«M  stood  by  me 
am,  and  whom  I 
manreOoos  trans* 
ms  promises  of 
osewlidare  His, 


to  those  who  serve  Him  1  The  "  eyes  of  the  Lord  are," 
in  a  special  sense, "  over  the  righteous,  and  His  cars  open 
unto  their  prayers."  It  is  true  indeed,  that  "  Ho  makes 
His  sun  to  shine  on  the  evil  and  on  the  good,  and  sends 
His  rain  on  the  just  and  unjust,"  but,  while  these  ordi- 
nary  gifts  of  His  providence  are  thus  scattered  with  a 
liberal  and  bounteous  hand  upon  all,  it  is  to  HU  own 
■ervants,  to  the  people  of  Christ,  to  the  sheep  of  His  dear 
Son's  ilock,  that  He  dispenses,  in  richest  abundance,  aU 
the  blessings  both  of  His  providence  and  His  grace.  To 
aU  such  He  addresses  the  language  which  he  addressed 
to  His  chosen  people  of  old:  "He  that  toucheth  you, 
touoheth  the  ap ?:«  of  mine  eye."  •  "  Whoso  hearkeneth 
unto  me,"  says  the  Lord, "  shaU  dweU  safely  "—that,  my 
friends,  is  just  what  we  aU  want— "shaU  dweU  safely, 
and  shall  be  quiet  firom  fear  of  evil."  f 

Let  me  draw  your  attention  to  another  circumstance 
well  worthy  of  our  notice  in  this  account  of  Paul's  ship, 
wreck.    Qod  not  only  promised  him  that  his  own  life 
should  be  spared,  in  this  great  peril,  but,  said  the  angel, 
"God  hath  given  thee  nil  them  that  sail  with  thee." 
Mark  that  expression,  "hath  given  thee,"  deariy  imply- 
ing  that  it  was  for  Paul's  sake  that  God  was  pleased  to 
spare  their  lives— very  likely  in  answer  to  Paul's  prayers, 
for  we  know  "that  the  effectual,  fervent  prayer  of  a 
righteous  man  availeth  much"  with  Godj  and  thus, 
there  can  be  no  doubt,  it  often  happens  that  the  wicked 
derive  important  benefits  firom  being  associated  or  coup 
neoted  with  Christians.    God  often  confers  important 
benefitf  on  the  world  at  targe,  in  the  course  of  His  gene- 
ral porpiose  tp  benefit  His  own  people.    The  wicked  city 
of  Sodom  wonld  have  been  spared,  could  ten  righteous 
men  have  been  found  within  it.    The  Lord  said :  "  I  wiU 


•  Zedi.a:8. 


■■:  .>*«-.i.iif?-§^--  ■ 


f  PiOT.  1:91^ 


jili^^|g|i^iill)gtjgKiiiMijiMBl»airti»"ii»Viirii  iiii'>i'ii%i»iiiiiiii 


r' 


sae 


▲prBTDIZ. 


■J^.- 


not  dertroy  It  for  ten's  uJre."  And  thai,  my  dear  frleiid^ 
it  i>  a  high  and  holy  privUege  to  he  related  to  the  eerv- 
anU  of  God— to  be  the  chUdren  of  pious  parente,  or  to 
be  connected  with  piooa  partners  in  life.  Many  a  hw- 
band,  no  doubt,  has  been  spared,  and  saved,  and  blessed, 
in  pity  to  his  pious  wife,  or  his  godly  ohUdren.  It  is  a 
privUege  to  be  connected  with  the  friends  of  God  in 
bmnees,  to  dweU  near  them,  to  be  associated  with  the-- 
in  the  yarious  circumstances  of  life,  whether  prosperow 
or  adverse.  God,  who  crowns  them  with  loring-hmdnei* 
and  tender  merdes,  often  flUs  the  abodes  of  their  neigh 
bors  and  friend*  with  the  blessings  of  peace  and  saWsr 

tion. 

And  then,  agab,  we  may  here  remark,  that  it  is  pos- 
nble  for  a  pious  man,  Kke  Paul,  so  to  conduct  Wmself  in 
the  various  tryfag  scenes  of  life,  the  agitations,  difficulties, 
and  temptotions  of  this  world,  as  to  conciliate  the  Ihvor 
of  worldly  men,  without  compromisbg  one  prindple  of 
Christian  duty.    "The  soldiers'  counsel  was  to  Ml  the 
prisoners ;  but  the  centurion,  ifriUing  to  save  Pad,  kept 
iem  from  their  purpose."    Pad's  oonduol  on  board  the 
ship,  ihe  wisdom  of  his  advice,  the  courage  and  prudence 
hedisptoyodinthemidst  of  the  most  appaUbg  danger, 
and  probably  the  belief  that  he  was  und«  the  divine  pro- 
tection  and  Wessing-aU  these  considerations  ^^o^ 
the  centurion  to  save  his  life ;  and  thus,  for  the  sake  of 
this  righteous  man.  the  lives  of  aU  the  prisonerswere 
spared.    And  aUej^wrienoe  shows  that  consistent  Ohnrt- 
iMi  conduct,  hownTW  despised  and  ridieoM  by  woridly 
and  wicked  men,  will,  especially  in  times  of  diffieulty  and 
trial,  secure,  in  the  end,  the  respect  and  «•»•«* /JT,  ®* 
those  who  know  little  or  nothmg  of  the  power  of  Christ, 
iudty  in  thdr  own  hearts.  , 

And,  lasUy,  let  me  direct  your  attention  to  the  ftot, 


m)m 


■[-■'-     r-  - ' 

,m7deftrfHeildl^ 
kted  to  the  •erv- 
tu  pMreota,  or  to 
re.    Manyk  hw-  . 
^ved,  and  bleaied, 
ghildren.    It  is  a' 
iends  ci  God  in  | 
•oisted  with  the"^ 
lether  proiperuw 
th  loTing-kindnet* 
lee  of  thdr  neigh     ^ 
peace  and  aaWao ' 

rk,  that  it  ia  poa- 
ondaot  himaelf  in 
»tiona,diiHoalties, 
ndliate  the  fiiTor 
f  one  principle  of 
olwaato  hiU  the 
o  mm  Paid,  kept 
loot  on  board  the 
rage  and  pntdenee 
•ppalttng  danger, 
Oer  the  divine  pro* 
IwaUona  dit^oaed 
IB,  for  the  Mke  of 
ihe  priaonars  were 
A  ooniistentOhrist> 
lifliiJled  by  worldly 
leaofdiflenltyaad 
nd  estewn  itren  of 
le  power  of  Ohriat- 

ention  to  the  ftot, 


Arrjomtx. 


961 


that  no  aararaaee  of  divine  help  and  protection  made 
Fttol  eareleaa  in  the  oae  of  proper  moana  for  his  preaerva- 
tion.  We  have  seen  this  on  several  occasions  hi  the 
eoiirso  of  this  history,  bat  in  none  more  strildngly  than 
b  tois  shipwreck.  To  say  nothing  of  Ffenl's  pradent 
remonstrance,  and  advice  to  them  not  to  sail  at  all,  yon 
may  observe  the  same  wise  precaution  in  the  ose  of 
means,  even  after  he  had  received  the  assurance  of  the 
rA>rd*«  protection.  When  the  crew  of  the  vessel  were 
about  to  desert  the  OAp  in  their  boat,  Faol  did  not  look 
qdetly  on,  as  if  it  were  of  no  importance  whether  they 
went  away  or  not ;  bat  he  add  to  the  centurion :  **  Except 
these  abide  in  the  ship,  ye  can  not  be  saved.**  And  in 
the  same  way,  When  they  had  been  fiisting  so  k»g  as  to 
reduce  their  atrength,  Paul  said,  "Iprayyou  to  take 
some  meat,  fbrtUa  hi  Ibr  your  health;**  and  this,  though, 
in  dependence  on  <aod*B  promise,  he  could,  immediately, 
and  with  the  utmost  donidenea,  add:  •* There  ahatt  not  an 
hair  M  fKnn  the  heud  of  any  of  you  t** 

nwn  thta  we  laam  that  we  have  no  right  to  n^leet 
the  meanaftrMoomfllihing  any  kwftd  purpose.  How- 
•W  oertaitt  an  uvent  may  be  in  tha  dhrhw  oounael%  and 
howuvur  iMaeay  mwOed  and  promised,  yet  man*B 
HgiMT faalwuys  uimsssary  aud  proper.  The  maana  aru 
i«termhed«BwAa8the«iid,and  tha  one  wffl  not  be 
aaenied  without  the  ether.  And,  remember,  the  aame 
ktnw  «  to€k)d<s  aouaaab  hi  ragittd  to  our  salvation. 
ThaMdIi'Mkdetennfaiadwithiwt the  means.  AsGod 
k«f«t4aNdth«tnipaop|adMllba  saved,  so  Be  haa 
ilao  oidiriaed  the  peana.  He  haa  ordained  that  they 
ihldl  iis»Hb  Wotd,  Hia  oidinaBeaa,  piayerrHe  haa 
oidabiedtbit  they  shall  repent^  shril  believe,  shaU  be 
holy,  shall  bring  forth  the  flmita  of  repentance,  ftith,  and 
kc»neM,andMMs4iaabesaved.    To  the  diUgent  use  of 

W 


a^itfU^MibiMUiKMikMi 


-''-    '     '"'"-'  '^^^-■^     -'■' 


'■i'l' irnr---'-"^"  ■■''■-■'*^i^ 


IM 


Aftwnnk, 


thtM  mmtrr.  bo  bUnlag  to  to  I*  •«ptet«d,   Tli««fc»i 

thii  trwkttli  to  yott  both  to  win  ta*  to  do  ©f  HIi  go6« 

'>S*iow.  «y  «•««•, wt  hm.iMii  wW»  wbrt  My 
e6rf«.«o.,wlthwi«loool.«»d««^ 

»i  of  God  «•  "-^^t "r,y«tS  tX;.  S 

kM.  MM.  UMw  how  AlthWly  tho  Lord  jwrform  »■ 

oo««d«MMi-li  Ml  thil  ummM  of  "^r?^^^ 
SlLt-to  bo  iMo  to  117,  -I  k»w*«L?!J  ^.T' 

Vkv  oontliwiJly  wrtohit  ow  mo,  the*  Hk  bMid  » 

wi«A  win,  lot  tiio  *ot«.jDf  .m^  Mjr  1^^ 

•0  nddr,  Ho  who  irid  to  T^^^^^zH 

hX  «»ia«K>o,  tntlrt  Mwwwo  o#  tho  dhtoo  toft  tod 

S^^^yjiJiSioi'to^^t^^^ 

iiSlodc  ahflid,  my  fHwidi,  let  oslook  boyopd  <bo  ywwt 
aMjnaot  md  tho  pioioi  tooBO !  tho  Ii>«««*  »«««^  " 
goMwhflo  wevetilUiig  iboot  it.    Tho  piiMol  lowo 


L-;  # 


md,  wkfaoal 
,  ThtNfcrii 
ilnHoB  tHttt 
tkm  to  AM*! 
MonngtnMal 

of  Hb  good 

rHt«,tlMMrv 
dangw.    Wf 

psfftWIM  HH 

N  to  aU  God*s 
adlinot  «M« 
it7  worth  poo. 
urilOodkaqr 
»broUior»"— 
«,IlaidirthM 
It  Hie  bond  k 
vir  that,  oomo 
'tqpbn  moivw 
I  nddit  of  llM 
I  'foint  in  1117 
I '  lUDgi*^iWOfk  . 
krot   Toi,lbt 
i,iio«d  aDthtt 
dhUiotef«i«bd 
ti  of  Qbd  ttk 
MbliBdfcoiKI^ 
i  thflM  ufttten 
^;lMitohtl^ 
FondihopNiiKt 
b 


«  pMMOt  MMM 


♦      Sff 

wUl  ohMigo  MbN  wo  MO  owMo  of  II.     An  ■J7  bo 

•aootb,  tad  «■!■,  Md  qolot  wMi  yoo  now,  bat  wbat  do 
•voa  do  at  MA,  wbiB  an  k  moolb,  and  oafan,  aad  4>Wtr 

Wby.joa  pi«  yow  riggbi  to  fflghla,7««  wp*  y«« 
talk  yott  aat  an  to  ordor,  wkOo  ro«  k«f 0  tbo  opfortttltr } 
Mdwhyr  Boaaaaa  joo taownty  won  Ibat  tho  oalia 
win  not  bMt  i»  ovor,  tbot  te  oaaiot  laat  loaf,  and, 
tbordbro,  yoa  propaio  *r  tbo  Boat  frio,  aod  Ibo  Bort 
loodioiol  My  daar  «-ida,  1  b-aoA  yoa,  •;by  tbo 
mowloaofOod,»»todotboaaiMbyyoof  aoidal  How; 
OToramoothandaarttflodiMybotbo  ooaaaofyowlfc 
MW.boaMiiotahrayabofo.  «r«i  k  tblawoild,lio 
of  aflMflB  wffl  oooM.  tbo  biOowa  of  tfktwOI 


atorata  of  aflianaii  wm  ooom,  too  awowa  <h  hw  ww 
boat  apoa  yoo,  tbo  rado  MaHa  of  aofiriaf  wfll  aattil 
JOB.  Ittotb»ooa«BOBlotofbBBBB*y,aBdyoBaa»B^ 
booaoBiptftoait.  Aad,  oraa  thw,  yoB  wffl  lad  tbat 
to  loaa  BpoB  aay  bat  yoarOod  ftr  ooaaftt^MBO^ 
MVport,aBdbdp,i0bBttokMioDBbMkaaioad.   B^ 

ny  daor  ftkiidi^  a  bbA  woiaa,  a  1 
atona  la  at  baad.  ^Upoa  tbo  wfdwd  Ood  Mi 
aMfta,ira  Md  brinatoM^  aad  aa  bonfUo  toaip 
Tbo  bapMiitoBt  aad  BBbdloviBi  rfaaor  ii  daanibad  ham. 
Tat,Biyftl^ad%tbatwai  bo  a  atom  iadaadt  aMa 
•giiBatwUabaobBaNBi  art»  <a  liairiig.  or  dofiao  of 
Mty  bkad  «aa  pmafl  to  Aaitor  yoB  t 
«ilbaDilatonilo«id( 


fag  bold  of  tbo  Lood  JacaaOkrirt 

yoBT  aoBb  to  Biai»aa  y««r  ' 

yoannaldo  to 

Qo»a  lil^aooai 

icofo  **aBdbiaoeiaib'' 

M,  ia  tbo  dqv  of  VooK  «ko  a* 

■aaari^  wbaa  tbo  flood!  oTMB 


1 


'i 


^<Li.'..-..^<r'' 


thb  ri^  MTth,  MH  b«li«T«  a-,  Ohriit  wffl  b»  th»  only 
Ark  wMflh  iritt  b«Mr  yott  hwrnkii  In  tb«l  mow  tiMM» 
dow  flood,  wlM  « IndigiMtlM  Md  1mlti^  tiiMation  tad* 
aankh,**  dull  be  poorod  iqpon  OTwy  Mai  «f  mn  thai  hM 
MklMtotlioliopoMllMlbMHfaitlioQoaiMll    W<mU 
to  Ood.  my  frUadi,  I  oooM,  1»7  «y  iwide  of  »!»•,  p«^ 
goad*  yoa  to  oomo  farto  tUi  «k,  Md  ■!  oneol    To« 
laioirnotwheDtlioitorm«Mr«o«fc    Bo,  thin,  ilwftyt 
mdT.   Thrttoth6W»y,»odthoori3rwiy,toboolw«yt 
Mft.    Ohl  do  not  trifle  do  iu)tllager,doiio(IiT«oi^  day 
by  day,  hatf«id4»lf  Ohriatiaos,  BManfaite  woD,  poibapa, 
but  not  acting  boldly  aad  dwWrdy,  hating  no  raal  deal- 
ing  with  Ohrkrt,  iM>|»«i«>»ialtraMaotk»irhh  tho  SaTlonr 
of  iinnen,  and,  thorafiHre,  aeoorlng  to  yonnwlTta  no 
IntwMtlnBis  graat  ■aratlonl    OhI  b»wlao  In  tkMl 
ThaLoidJaaoalinowlnTitlngywitoooinatoHim.    His 

auMOgo  of  moray  te  balbfa  y«ml    I  baoaooh  yoo,  my 
IHanda,  If  yoa  hara  nerar  eoma  to  Ohriat  before,  oome  to 
B3m  now!    Hear  Bii  graeiooa  rt^  **Ho,  erary  one 
that  tbirtteth,  oome  ye  to  the  watera!  »    Belie?e  thai 
wftjihAii  laying,  and  worthy  of  aU  aooeptatkHH  that 
Oirfat  Jeooa  oame  Into  the  worid  to  laTe  rianerBt** 
Show  that  yoa  do  bottere  it,bxaethig  ap  to  It   The 
Lord  Jeaoa  atanda  ready  to  wto  aU  who  will  be  aaTod, 
attwhowUloomenntoGodbyHlm.    «  Ob  I  It  la  a 
bleMedthbgtobelongtoOhfiit,to.beHiapeoplel    Hie 
'  haira  ol^hdr  head  are  att  numbered,  and  the  Lord  earea 
for  anyone  of  ihem.    Tbey  are  att kept  on  earth  till 
they  are  ripe  and  ready  for  gteij,  and  not  oine  moment 
longer.   Ko  diaaaia  ean  tonoh  them  till  the  Lord  ghree 
thewprdl"*   When  they  oome  to  their  deathbed,  "the 
areriaating  armr  are  roondaboiit  them,  and  •*make  aU 
their  bed  In  their  dekneak**   And,  when  th«y  die,  they 


*t0f.J.l»^ 


f;;!:g^^Sr^^j:s^sr^S^^X^^' 


mb«  thtonly 


ofmaatluitliM 
Dopdl  WooU 
rof  aiiMi  p«^ 
U  «nMl  Toa 
!«,  th«^  alwftTt 
7,  to  be  alwayi 
iiotUT«oii,d»y 
^  w«ll,  perbaiM, 
Bg  no  real  d««l- 
rHh  tlM  SftTioar 

yowielTM  no 
•twiie  in  time! 
MtoOm.  Hii 
MMMh  yoo,  my 
before,  oome  to 
*Ho,  erery  one 
»  Beliere  tliai 
lOoeptatUmt  tluit 

Mve  dnnerel** 
;  vp  to  it  The 
o  will  be  MTed, 
.  uObl  Itii  a 
Qipeoplet  The 
atheLordeeree 
spt  on  earth  tiB 
Mtt  oine  moment 
U  the  Iiord  i^ee 
rdeatli4Md,«'the 
i,and**mi^  all 
anthayaieithey 


Amana. 


HI 


brwithe  their  laat  hi  their  Redeemer*!  amu,  they  All 
aaleep  in  Jeans,  and  are  at  onoe  earried,  like  Latama, 
Into  Abraham's  boaom.  In  life  and  in  death  the  true 
beBerer  reaUaea,  in  hla  own  hi4n>y  ezperienoe,  the  fiUfiU* 
meat  of  that  aweet  promise  relating  to  Christ,  **  a  man 
shall  be  as  an  hiding  plaoe  fW>m  the  wind,  and  a  oorert 
from  the  tempeat;  aa  rirera  of  water  in  a  dry  plaoe,  as 
the  ahadow  of  a  great  rook  in  a  weary  land."*  Omy 
Mends  I  make  that  man,  the  God-man,  Christ  Jesus,  your 
"iiiding  plaoe  ftom  the  wind,"  your  "oovert  from  the 
tempest,**  and  then  yon  may  say : 


•<  rj«B,  let  tlM  wildoit  itonni  wta^ 
Let  tMDiMiti  miacto  ewth  with  tkiM— 
No  Altai  ihlpwnQk  ihaU  I  he, 
But  all  my  trawDNS  with  mi  bMr. 

"If  Thoo,  my  Bwktar,  Ml  to  nigh, 
ChMifld  I  live,  Md  ohaerftd  die ; 
Secar%  when  mortal  oomfbrta  flee^ 
^(1d4  tea  thooiand  worldi  in  THta." 


'%^i  ,:Ji6:! 


•"  -Jit's 


;.H«r>,  .n**," 


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